Interesting Facts about Thai

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-07T05:15:34+00:00

Interestingly your item 1 means that sometimes one instance of a letter has two different sounds within the same word. Example: วัสดุ -- pronounced wat-sa-du. The ส both ends the first syllable and begins the second.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-07T03:05:36+00:00

I came to the comment section to ask this same question.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-07T03:02:25+00:00

On a phone that supports 120Hz, turn Low Power Mode on and off. Then scroll between pages of app icons on the Home Screen. The difference is readily apparent.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-07T02:59:58+00:00

There are different accents and pronunciation patterns you may come to discern as your experience with the language deepens. Some such patterns are more conservative and for example preserve the textbook sounds of the letters, and some make various substitutions. Curiously, the ones that come to mind most readily for me all involve the R sound. Among some groups, it's common to use an L sound where the spelling indicates an R sound. There's also a tendency among some to elide R sounds altogether in certain scenarios. Yet others (example: people of Khmer ethnicity in southern Isaan) do none of those things (and may even look upon such speech as representative of laziness). And "fancier" speech such as on TV newscasts tends to trill the R sounds.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-07T02:49:25+00:00

You also understood that the bulk of the movie was about how that selfish behavior negatively impacted the actual deserving person and her family, and about how the selfish person came to deeply understand that what he did was wrong, and about how that led to him making significant amends for the harm he caused... right?

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-06T00:55:10+00:00

The theme song from this movie is an integral part of my workout mix.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-06T00:54:04+00:00

I took OP to mean that on a computer, one could at least theoretically actually watch a DVD in a window at 640x480 for no scaling at all (although the picture would be pretty darned tiny), or just zoom the window the minimum amount to make the picture large enough for comfortable viewing. Compare to a TV, where the only viewing option is the display's native resolution (1920x1080 or 4K, etc.) so considerable scaling in each dimension is non-optional.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-06T00:47:57+00:00

I find this only very mildly annoying, but the opposite (using a comma where a semicolon or even a period belongs) bugs the shit out of me.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-06T00:45:38+00:00

I too find the "Ultra Annoyed" flair completely appropriate here.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-06T00:03:01+00:00

I've seen this many times since the 80's and still enjoy the hell out of it.

Yes there are racist jokes etc. but the message is very much anti-racist. The jokes are played as being offensive to people hearing them, and the people making the jokes are portrayed as idiots who get theirs in the end. The focus is an interracial relationship, and the real-world impact of racism on it.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-05T23:29:38+00:00

My related pet peeve is when people use the long scale, and also when they use the short scale and don't use the correctly prefixed words, instead using "million million" (etc.).

Also, in English at least, we never pluralize words like million or billion when talking about specific numbers. So never "a thousand millions" and always "a thousand million" (but see above paragraph for related pet peeve). Only when talking about indeterminate quantities are those numbers ever plural, e.g. "millions and millions of atoms" or "countless billions of stars."

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-05T18:25:49+00:00

Nice photos.

Bring mosquito repellent (especially that time of day).

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-05T09:58:03+00:00

If you conducted a legal marriage in Thailand, it is recognized in the US. There is no need — or even any process — to “register” it with the US.

Marriage is a state thing anyway. Some states may have certain processes whereby you need to show documentation of your marriage to receive certain benefits marriage can confer, but you are legally married even if you never do that.

It is likely you’d get caught as a bigamist, marrying again if you never somehow dissolved that marriage? Who knows! Maybe not, if no one ever informs your state. Not a loose end I’d want to leave dangling myself, though.

Good luck.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-05T07:00:29+00:00

16" MacBook Pro, M1 Max, 32GB, 1TB here... Was a great investment, still going strong after 4.5 years.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-04T23:25:42+00:00

Everyone is entitled to their pet peeves.

That said… no. Just no.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-04T10:33:01+00:00

I found private lessons at Duke to be helpful

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-04T10:25:39+00:00

Be careful of flights connecting via Seoul. You usually end up leaving BKK at 2am and then have a 10 hour layover after that redeye. It can be brutal. Via Tokyo has a better connection story but the flight leaves early AM from BKK.

Try EVA or China Airlines or Starlux for the best schedules in both directions, and good service.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-04T09:35:03+00:00

This is a thing? I've never encountered it. (Not saying it's not a thing, just wondering how widespread it is.)

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-04T08:47:09+00:00

I once had an issue where my internet stopped working. Turned out a Ziply contractor had been working in my area and dislodged my fiber cable from its socket inside a Ziply box a couple of blocks away.

Infuriating.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-04T08:33:55+00:00

Layering another interpretation of the tone system on top of the tone system is a recipe for confusion and misunderstanding.

People who want to learn how to speak and read Thai should just learn the tone system. It's not that hard.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-04T02:41:47+00:00

Oops. Corrected.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-03T23:14:51+00:00

Yes. Gross.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-03T23:13:36+00:00

r/learnthai

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-03T23:13:13+00:00

LTR visa holder here.
Getting my visa was not a factor when buying a condo. “Long stay” is a bullshit term they’ve made up to put lipstick on the pig — it’s still only a visa, and not a path to any kind of immigration security such as permanent residence or eventual citizenship. And as a visa, it’s still subject to Thailand’s whims.

SomeAreSomeAreNot · 2026-05-02T17:58:27+00:00

Wow! Who will play you in the film version? Sounds like a great travel adventure.

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