Category Archives: Education

Thai Circles of Infuence

February 26, 2009 – 3:13 pm

The Old Roue is not the only person doing research into Thai life. From http://www.notstickmanbangkok.com/Weekly2006/CirclesOfInfluence.htm The Thais are a loyal people. That loyalty may not always well understood by an outsider. The Thais are loyal to the King and Royal family. The Thais are also very loyal to their own personal families. They are also […]

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New Words for the Modern World

February 1, 2009 – 9:53 am

This year Webster Dictionary has allowed a new series of modern slang to be entered into the lexicon of the English language. Most people I know ie English speakers are light years ahead of the educational tome in their vernacular depravity, but here are some words which might make it into the revision for 2007. […]

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Iceland Crapped Out

November 25, 2008 – 1:14 pm

“I don’t trust the government, I don’t trust the banks, I don’t trust the political parties, and I don’t trust the IMF. We had a good country here and they’ve ruined it.” These words came from a young Icelandic protester angered by the North Atlantic nation’s collapse into an extreme economic abyss. Banks in Reykjavik […]

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The Beauty Of Language

June 9, 2008 – 8:33 am

I’ve lived in several foreign countries. Germany, France, Mexico, Indonesia, and Thailand. You can usually find someone to speak English albeit their version of the language and in order to be understood you dumbize your speech. After a few months you end up sounding like ET after drinking too many beers. “Me want go home.” […]

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Swearing in Thai

May 16, 2008 – 1:58 pm

Like most farangs I had a hard time learning Thai. It has taken years and only those Thais who know me well can decipher what I’m trying to say with a Bostonian accent. Conversely most of what is said to me is too fast for my ears to catch the meaning, but one day I […]

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