The Thai pronunciations of 'Harry Potter' and 'helicopter' are very similar. Today I was buying 'alabums' in Bangkok with my daughter, more commonly known as 'albums' in English. The Thai pronunciation of English words is hilarious.
It is all the more astonishing that the Thais expect an almost perfect pronunciation of their own words! (How you get from "Central Festival" to "Centan" is a mystery to me!)
@@martingeber2252 ล is the answer. It makes an 'l' sound as an initial consonant and an 'n' sound as a final consonant. Hence 'bon' instead of ball and many others. Transliteration systems don't take into account that Thai consonants change sound depending where they are.
My favorite one was hearing a Thai person answer the phone with a perfect "Hello?" who would never greet someone in person that way. Only for the telephone! Fren Friii is another useful one.
When I would go to Chiang Mai, they would speak tinglish and pronounce English words wrong, and I still didn't understand them. And even when Thai people who speak English know, their Thai friend is pronouncing the word wrong, they don't correct them.
That was good Pear. Why don't you try ha ing your students guess how to pronounce English words in Thai. It teaches them a lot about Thai pronunciation to say computer (for example) with Thai pronunciation
wel not all thai people speak english so obviously it’s not going to be the same. don’t be ignorant. it’s like if you try to speak another language (that you don’t speak ) obvuosuly you aren’t going to be perfect 100%
@@bianca-uw4sq My comment was regarding Thais speaking English. I was not trying to suggest that English loanwords should not use Thai pronunciation when speaking Thai.
@@bianca-uw4sq Nothing to do with what I like. It's about my ability (or lack thereof, as it may be) to understand Thais speaking English, which I sometimes find very difficult. Perhaps it's easier for native English speakers (English is not my native language), but for me it can be very frustrating when, no matter how hard I try, I cannot understand a certain word and have to ask the Thai speaking to spell the word.
