Category Archives: i need to learn thai

shoot me now

Posted on 06/07/2010 by

i give up.  i will never attempt to speak thai again.  it just gets me in one mess after another. maybe you remember a while ago, when our mâe bâan and her husband took it upon themselves to get us … Continue reading →

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and we’re back

Posted on 24/06/2010 by

our internet has been down for what seems like an eternity. and it took twice that long to get someone out to the house to fix it. they’re diagnosis – we pay for 8mb speed and only 2mb speed is … Continue reading →

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2 of the three rs

Posted on 05/06/2009 by

i’ve moved on from the talking of thai to the readin’ and writin’ of it.  but right now it’s not so much reading it or writing actual words.  right now i’m working through the learnin’ of the alphabet.  it’s no … Continue reading →

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everybody’s doing it

Posted on 25/12/2008 by

even the gingerbread house has Christmas palm trees.  I’m obviously not as original as I thought.

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are there language lessons for that?

Posted on 08/12/2008 by

recently, it’s been brought to my attention that animals speak in different tongues. and i had no idea that one country’s animal onomatopoeia isn’t the same as another.  for example, an american pig goes “oink, oink” while a japanese pig … Continue reading →

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whinge: [hwinj, winj]

Posted on 08/10/2008 by

how i love that word.  i think it’s the added “j” sound on the end.  it seems to be so fitting.  so complaining that “j”. and what do i have to whinge about?  just last saturday i had wine and … Continue reading →

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acid rain

Posted on 19/08/2008 by

today, while michael and i were out running some errands, it acid rained all over our windshield. kind of freaky, huh? michael was quick to point out it wasn’t acid rain. it was antifreeze. which it seems isn’t supposed to … Continue reading →

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we need a fix

Posted on 19/04/2008 by

it seems google thinks we’re thai.  which means any and all things google related – like blogspot – think we’re thai.  we’re not thai.  we can’t even read thai.  which is a problem.  because we can’t read any of the … Continue reading →

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excuse me, um… i farted

Posted on 08/04/2008 by

“you keep using that word. i do not think it means what you think it means.” inigo montoya, the princess bride one of the first phrases i learned to say after i arrived in thailand was “excuse me” or “i’m … Continue reading →

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haiku friday – speakin’ it

Posted on 04/04/2008 by

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a good week i’ve had something to do ev’ryday occupied is good not a thai master but simple conversation am able to hold ask for directions order at a restaurant give some opinion need to be braver and try … Continue reading →

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