Bangkok Podcast 58: Learn Thai From A White Guy

On today's episode we're joined by Brett Whiteside, one of the
few foreigners in Thailand who teach Thai. Brett's road from
wide-eyed tourist to competent speaker, translator, consultant
and tutor is unique in that the only person he had help him was
himself. Brett tells us the methods he learned to drill the new
language into his head, from returning to the same restaurant
over and over again, to refusing to learn transliteration, to
watching Thai soap operas.


Brett also explains why he doesn't think there's any such thing
as 'bad Thai', and how a mnemonic story he created about a boy, a
chicken, a turtle and a fish have helped all of his students
become competent Thai speakers much faster than they expected.


Tony and Greg also talk a bit about food delivery in Thailand,
and why Pizza Company - despite protests from some - has the
system nailed.