Bangkok Podcast 8: Thai Language Series 2

Bangkok Podcast 8: Thai Language Series 2

vor 15 Jahren
In the second of our ongoing Thai language series, we continue talking to 'Thai Language Jedi' Rikker Dockum about the complexities of the Thai language. In this episode, we jump onto the much-discussed tone system of Thai, and why foreigners have...
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Bangkok is a city that is at the leading edge of Asia yet still somehow stuck in the past. It is a place of contrasts: ancient temples neighbour internet cafes, luxury automobiles compete for space with tuk-tuks and sprawling air conditioned shopping m...

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vor 15 Jahren

In the second of our ongoing Thai language series, we continue
talking to 'Thai Language Jedi' Rikker Dockum about the
complexities of the Thai language. In this episode, we jump onto
the much-discussed tone system of Thai, and why foreigners have
such a hard time wrapping their head around it while our Thai
friends are wondering what the big deal is. Greg and Tony also
each share a story or two about how the tones and Romanization
aspect of Thai have gotten them into hot water a few times.
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