PinkStar Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Should Thai people our way of learning English by creating awareness and acceptance of Thai-English variety of World English :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funky_house Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I thought that it already existed, and was called Tinglish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damnam1 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hi, in my opinion you ought to learn the language from native speakers and preserve the language. What would be your benefit if you created a Thai-English - style ? A couple of months ago I met a couple from Canada. They must have been from Quebec area. Their french was rather strange to me. Far away from spoke french in France, in a way old-fashioned and lots of expressions that are no longer in use in France or special canadian-french. It was very hard for me to understand. So again, what is the benefit ? Seems like warriors assaulting the Tower of Babel.. Cheers Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grezzzy_greer Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I agree that it is not always a good thing to artificially create a language style. Rays mention of the archaic components of the French speakers he met reminds me of time I spent recently in India - some of the expressions they use made me feel as if I was in the 1950's or 60's... Language evolves, and the English spoken by Thai people will evolve as well - it isn't something that can be made to happen, because the language comes from the users, not usually from linguists. Esperanto is a good example of an international "designer language" that was doomed from the start - unsurprisingly it failed to catch on - it was a mongrel to begin with - so it was never going to work - and thus far, it hasn't. It is known as a "constructed international auxiliary language" - and claims figures of between 100,000 and 2 million users - not exactly a roaring success... My point is that artificially constructing, or attempting to construct a language or a version of a language (such as Tinglish), will simply not work. Let the masses build it out of common usage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loburt Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Should Thai people our way of learning English by creating awareness and acceptance of Thai-English variety of World English :roll: If we created our own version of Thai, would you like it and accept it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatty Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 hmm for me Tinglish is cute and funny I like to make joke around... create funny words and pharse...but to talk with my friends and my family. But talking with my foreigner friends or writing mails I tried to talk in English, I do my best. My point of view.. I like Thai is Thai, English is English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_thailand Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 There are already enough english languages: British, American, Australian ...and Belgian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 There are already enough english languages: British, American, Australian ...and Belgian Rather Flemish english and Walloon english I invent a new English dialect everytime I get drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newyorkd Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 There are already enough english languages: British, American, Australian ...and Belgian Rather Flemish english and Walloon english Ha, you forgot Alabama American, Boston American, Brooklyn American, Pennsylvania American, Chicago American, Jersey American, Texas American..... er - I give up..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_Bob Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 If you created your own version of English, who would you speak it with? Native speakers won't understand it... so you'd have to use English. And Thai people? Well, why wouldn't you just speak Thai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 There are already enough english languages: British, American, Australian ...and Belgian Rather Flemish english and Walloon english Ha, you forgot Alabama American, Boston American, Brooklyn American, Pennsylvania American, Chicago American, Jersey American, Texas American..... er - I give up..... that are just other accents or dialects, u have that in every language Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Should Thai people our way of learning English by creating awareness and acceptance of Thai-English variety of World English :roll: No! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 There are already enough english languages: British, American, Australian dont forget Scots!!!!! :twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grezzzy_greer Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 It will happen on it's own if it happens at all...and if it doesn't, there is nothing on this earth that you can do to force it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chip Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 Why not? There's no reason why Thais shouldn't have their own version of English.After all, all native speakers have. Although they try and teach Thais the proper version of what English is supposed to be if everyone had perfect pronunciation, grammar and intonation, it doesn't mean that they do it. Damn, none of us do it! They just get it from the book. Yes the same book you have in front of you when you go for English classes. Most farang talk the biggest load of bollocks you've ever heard! Try asking 90% of farang what a noun is and the answer you'll get is that she lives in a convent doesn't she? Just use English the way you want to and if any cheeky tw*t arrogant farang says you said something wrong, tell him to shut the f*ck up and to p*ss off. totally agree ,who gives a **** as long as the communication is understood.if everybody spoke perfect english(whatever that is) by the book it would be pretty bloody boring,and actually quite ludicrous.language should and does constantly evolve otherwise we would still be just grunting at each other.who was the person who elected himself to tell others how things should be said? actually i think youll find noun is midday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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