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Comment on Weird Thai Nicknames by G

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:57:43 +0000

Waddee ka Kaewmala. I am just starting to think about what Thai nicknames to give my two kids (2.5 yr old boy and 1 yr girl) and came across your useful blog – thank you! I am an American Thai and my kids are luk-krueng (half Thai, half white) but I am making an effort to speak mostly Thai to them. They have English first names and Thai middle names. So far we’ve been calling them by their English names but I should start giving them some Thai nicknames eventually. If you don’t mind, what do you think of the nicknames “Dee” (Thai for “good”; for my son) and “Duean” (Thai for “moon”; for my daughter). My mom actually came up with them but I figured I should start doing my own research into the topic. Thank you in advance

Comment on Weird Thai Nicknames by G

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:43:59 +0000

Hi Daisy, it sounds like you are referring to the Thai word for the number eight – pronounced “bpaet”. Hope this somewhat helps!

Comment on “We don’t know if she really is a witch.” – Thammasat Rector on Kanthoop by Thammasat University split as it debates for and against Nitirat « Saiyasombut

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:38:47 +0000

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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:02:29 +0000

Comment on ‘Bahasa ASEAN’ – Can Thai or Malay be ASEAN lingua franca? by Sany

Sany — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:17:38 +0000

An interesting article Khun Kaewmala. My thoughts would be that schools should introduce neighbouring ASEAN languages as a foreign language in schools – a long away perhaps from having a common tongue, but this should help in making the neighbours less foreign to other, outwith of the usual clusters (eg Thai-Laos-Cambodia or Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines) I have numerous Brit friends who speak French and Spanish well enough, having studied them at school. They probably wouldn’t want to sign a contract in these other languages, but certainly know enough to get by when traveling and socialising with others. It’s important to have dedicated teachers though – if Thai students are anything like Malaysian ones, these neighbouring language lessons may turn out to be just ‘filler’ classes for students to have fun in!

Comment on How to Call Your Sweetheart in Thai—Late Valentine’s Edition by kaewmala

kaewmala — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:31:25 +0000

/tua muu muu/ ตัวหมูหมู? Sounds like “porky person”. Suppose it can be used as an idiocyncratic term of endearment. Some (not very sweetly romantic) Thai couples call each other “uan”, which means “fat”. The object of such endearment terms is generally fat (อ้วน) or at least porkily rotund (ตัวกลมเหมือนหมู).

Comment on How to Call Your Sweetheart in Thai—Late Valentine’s Edition by Jas

Jas — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:05:21 +0000

Hi!

Would you by any chance, know what ‘tuo mu mu’ translates to?
That is not the spelling of the word, just how it sounds like. I only know that it’s something to do with pigs, but it was used as a form of endearment haha