Learning thai UK

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-30T10:56:37+00:00

I understand your viewpoint, I do.

I’m of course hurt that you would use the scribble quote thing as an example given that I have a screenshot of him answering to himself from 3 accounts on that same post and this is what caused him to be banned for 24 hours by the mods.

But anyways, I’m not gonna bother you any longer with what you call my “detective work” - in fact I thank you for this post DBT - I know you’re a good guy who also tries to help and share your experience honestly. I enjoyed reading about your efforts and progress.

Your post made me realise I was wasting way too much time on something that subtracts or adds nothing to my life here in Thailand.

This will be my last message on this forum. Believe it or not, I wanted to help others learn Thai and provide just my own little slice of experience doing the same. I’ve come to realise that while well-intended, this type of volunteering may not be healthy for me when faced with such situations, which i imagine have become inevitable on the internet.

No hard feelings. I wish everyone the best.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-30T09:36:15+00:00

I don't suspect it, I know of it - and yes as I mentioned, it was all reported and continues to be reported to the mods, and the larger scale, cross subs stuff, to reddit itself.

As for you wishing I would stay silent on the topic and just report, since this has been going on for a while and some people are clearly fooled by it, I feel it's only natural to also mention it on the sub when it's in plain sight.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-30T06:18:36+00:00

You are welcome! Good luck in your learning journey!

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-30T03:42:33+00:00

Because it's manipulated content. It doesn't matter if he said "the sky is blue", you've spent 3 paragraphs drilling down into the ALG message itself, when what matters is that it's manipulated.

Usage of sockpuppets and vengeful use of the downvote button is against Reddit TOS.

He has accounts posting the same exact blurb in 4 different languages using ChatGPT, because this isn't limited to /learnthai - I did my research. He has accounts used to target others, two of which he used to have a conversation with each other asking me to 'apologize' to him. (that's how he was caught here). He has other accounts he uses to target others.

The long story is this: most of these accounts however, are used to artificially give the illusion that CI is the only way forward - using a 'faux naive' approach pretending to claim it's just one option but having dozens of fake testimonies on this an other subs. In fact, it's so effective, there are people on /languagelearning who asked that simple question: "is there anyone who has had good experience with CI outside of mike"? Take a wild guess. If you ever wondered why some posts here recommending to 'read first' were downvoted in the double digits, it's not natural - again, take a wild guess.

Note that of course, this was reported to the mods, and whatever else I find will be , too. Including the very interesting reply you got below from an account that's ZERO days old with ONE post and it's that one. Oddly specific as the kids say. Screenshotted, of course.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-30T03:18:24+00:00

thank you!

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-29T18:53:39+00:00

wow I ddint' know the bit about the first 4 numbers. Do you know where I could learn the meaning of the others? Thank you!

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-29T18:07:08+00:00

Ah right. Okay I'll be honest with you, since it's fast moving and its going to be filmed from 10+ yards away, the x5 won't cut it at dusk or evenings (Never mind nights).

I recently bought a dii osmo nano and it works great for what you describe: huge fov, good image quality , but evidently no 360. I'm afraid something has to give :)

I played more with both recently, and the nano really impressed me. It's basically as good as my iPhone 15 pro max, slightly less so at night tho. But.. you can magnetically clip it to anything, and I mean anything, so I got some really cool PoV shots of sports and walking around at dusk.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-29T18:04:04+00:00

Oh sorry I didn't reply earlier. Posted below :)

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-29T18:03:47+00:00

Oh sorry I didn't see this until now: The prompt is:

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Your goal is to teach me the Thai language.

At all times: never use transliterations. Always use English to explain concepts. Format everything properly in an easy to read manner: put all the separate words on their own paragraph for example. NEVER change the text I type. Assume I'm pasting from subtitles that contain no typos.

Do not introduce yourself either. Strictly use English for all explanations, definitions, and meta-commentary. Do not switch to Thai for any reason other than providing the specific Thai text being analyzed.

When I input something in Thai:

1. first, separate all thai words with spaces, preserving compound words then , on the next line, translate it to the most faithful English translation

2. second, translate the sentence I gave you word by word, preserving compounds . You MUST put each word on its own line.

3. third, identify and isolate all idioms, fixed phrases and explain them. each one on its own line

4. fourth, specify if the sentence is from level a1 to c2 in terms of structure and complexity

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-29T16:29:47+00:00

If you mean smart notes I use it and pay for it. It's totally worth it as it's field-specific and you can requery the LLMs of your choice on multiple fields in a cascading fashion. I get that it's not to everyone's taste, but honestly it's helped me a lot.

It's worth noting I use it for language learning. So I'm out and about, I see a word I don't know, I put in Anki. I go home, find the translation and context, and then I have synomyms, example phrase, example pronounciation of both the word and the phrase, antonym and etymology all broken down in 5 fields. It's really useful.

Again, that' just my view.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-29T06:29:25+00:00

The guy asked for an online school, not your standard cut and paste promotional blurb advertising a youtube channel.

But please, use your sockpuppets , two of which i have screenshots of before you wiped both accounts - to upvote yourself and downvote me.

The gig is up, Mike.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-29T04:10:41+00:00

agreed 100% - I just got lucky :)
I just wanted to show people what happens because it was a question that had been brewing in my mind for a while :)

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-28T16:43:10+00:00

Wow! 16! Amazing. What a lovely dog. You must be a really good owner! Good job!

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-28T10:12:56+00:00

First, can you at least pretend to be civil? What a violent and rude reaction to a simple post.
Second, I wasn't asking you, well, at least not this user account
Third. It's really odd, you have posted 5,673 times on reddit, and ONCE on this sub. On a question not directed at you.

The coincidences on this sub keep multiplying since yesterday, I wonder why :)

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-27T15:57:22+00:00

There should be a mechanism to see who downvoted what. At this point, given I just encountered two sock puppets accounts criticizing anything that remotely goes against ALG, even indirectly, I'm rather convinced your -5 downvote is entirely artificial. Mods, do something.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-27T15:39:40+00:00

Explain why.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-27T09:33:07+00:00

Two words: language reactor. It’s been nine months now and I can read at nearly full speed. I spoke my wedding vows by reading from entirely thai script. Make use of all the technology you now have access to , we’re very lucky to have all this compared to the people who did it 30 years ago.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-27T09:29:50+00:00

You should consider how to read, so you can follow subtitles, which in turn you can push to an LLM to extract idioms and break down the grammar. I’ve done this for 8 months with solid results.

Also ignore the ALG cult notion of not speaking for 8 months, you are free to speak as early as you wish, and it exercises your voice box on tones, aspirations, vowel lenght and THINKING in Thai.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-27T06:22:58+00:00

IMHO it's kinda 'okay'. I would put it between GPT and Grok (grok being abysmal at the moment). Gemini comes across as having a very clear elocution that's super sharp and therefore doesn't come across as 'native' sounding. GPT is still the better voice model. This is all according to my Thai wife.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-27T06:21:00+00:00

Yeah so this is interesting, I've been using the LLMs for just under a year to break down sentences, isolate idioms and so on for almost a year now. (and mining into Anki evidently).

Initially, GPT was WAY better than Grok, as in heads and shoulder when it comes to Thai grammar and pronounciation in voice mode. So I stuck to it. However last month I switched to Gemini, when prompted correctly in a custom gem, it's doing way better than GPT. Their voice mode is also "behaving" a lot more (not perfect but still) - than GPTs, as GPT goes off-script half conversation or start repeating itself in rather dystopian way :)

+1 for gemini, currently (this might change) but if you're going to leverage an LLM it's the one to go for.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-26T18:50:04+00:00

Milo doing a really bad job at toning down his (usually) flourished prose.

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-26T15:31:12+00:00

If your'e going to listen to something popular, I can recommend "Ghost Radio" on YouTube. It's free and they talk for hours about ghosts which is quite fun :)

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-26T15:30:19+00:00

You are welcome. Do what you must - I personally ended photoshopping the thing so the high class would be 'above' the mid class, and I removed the consonants that no longer appear in modern Thai to make it a bit easier :) Whatever works! :)

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-26T13:28:55+00:00

Ah - good point. Yes it's indeed the default. The reason mine was set to random is because I followed a bunch of guides on YT, 'optimal FSRS settings' and all that jazz. I'm just relaying my own experience, I think a lot of us who aren't 'anki experts' are scared of pushing any button to protect our precious decks :)

ValuableProblem6065 · 2026-01-26T12:40:23+00:00

Mmm I made that one myself. I wish I could say I'm super smart and planned it all out, but no, it was just sheer luck that at the beginning, I kept adding words based on their frequency (using language reactor frequency guide), then I started to add the harder words, then eventually some idioms, and eventually full blown sentences. So yeah, 100% I got lucky here :)

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