Here’s a thought: maybe be nice to your relatives BEFORE you find out they’re dying.
Here’s a thought: maybe be nice to your relatives BEFORE you find out they’re dying.
I'm looking for a transliteration tool for English words to Thai pronunciation, as Thai has a phonetic alphabet.
I'm learning Thai and my MIL wants to learn English so I want to make flashcard/post it's that show
the English word : LIGHT
the Thai pronunciation of LIGHT: ________
The Thai word for LIGHT: แสงสว่าง
The English phonetic of แสงสว่าง: S̄æng s̄ẁāng
Any #linguists #polyglots or #translators or #thai speakers that could help me out? Please boost until we find each other. Thanks!
On this #Songkran #Festival 2025 (traditional #Thai New Year festival), my prayers are for everyone affected.
In my blog, I share how FOSSASIA celebrated its 15th year of establishment: https://jyoti-bhogal.github.io/about-me/blog/2025-04-05_fossasia_summit_2025/
Songkran, the Thai New Year, is kicking off at Wat Buddhanusorn in Fremont, CA.
Lots of events happening around the temple!
https://www.watbuddha.org/events/songkran-day-traditional-thai-new-year/
Is asking someone for permission to pursue them romantically actual #Thai culture, or just a BL trope?
#FTI pushes for tougher steel checks
"the #Thai #steel #industry faces signif challenges due to China's #production #surplus. #China produces 1.1bil tonnes of steel p.a., w domestic dd at ~900mil tons. This leads to an excess of 200mil tons being #exported, particularly to #Thailand & oth #ASEAN c'tries. This influx, incl'g #substandard steel, remains a major concern.. ~30,000tons of #substandardsteel products hv been imported, w additional shipments continuing to arrive"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2995081/fti-pushes-for-tougher-steel-checks
PRC contractor of quake-hit building tt collapsed in #Bangkok under scrutiny
"police detained 4 #PRC nationals who allegedly attempted to remove 32 files of docs fr e rear of e collapsed building site w/o permission.. Pravit Rojanapruk said tt w a #stateowned enterprise involved, PRC #government shld offer to promptly investigate & cooperate w #Thai govt’s inquiry. “It shldn’t act like tis has nothing to do w PRC govt at all, which will only make Thais feel disappointed"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinese-contractor-of-collapsed-bangkok-building-under-scrutiny
#Casino push is too fast, critics say
"concern over e way #Thai #government was pushing e scheme, it appeared to be rushed without sufficient #public scrutiny or a proper #feasibilitystudy.. while the state might collect some revenue fr tis proj, e actual beneficiaries will be #investors prioritising #profit over #socialimpacts.. Parit criticised e lack of a #feasibility study which, according to Dy Finance Minister Amornvivat, wld be conducted after te bill is approved"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2992341/casino-push-is-too-fast-critics-say
I’m being a decadent, bourgeois pig and ordering delivery for lunch. I’m just tired of PB&J today…
#Thai curry in bound.
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
(4/n)
... #PaetongtarnShinawatra — economic growth. "Right now, that is more likely with China than that of the #UnitedStates,"..."
"... a #Thai analyst and columnist, told DW. "#Thailand is playing its usual balancing act and, in this case, it is simply prioritizing immediate interests."
The United States and several human rights organizations had spent months warning against such a move,...
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
(3/n)
... think tank, this case marked an "inflection point" in #Thailand's geostrategic balancing."
"Thailand now is an open pawn in the US-China conflict," he told DW. "The big geostrategic danger is that the #Thai elite facing #US sanctions now move ever closer into China's orbit and compromise Thailand's once-famous balancing act."
"Instead, it is thinking about the one thing that matters most to #Thai Prime Minister...
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
(1/n)
*"#Thai authorities deported a group of 40 #Uyghur men to #China last month"..."the hell those 40 #Uyghurs will face back in #Xinjiang"*
The last time #Bangkok did this was in 2015.
It is possible to see this as a precursor to the #US' waning geopolitical influence, as the disastrous #Trumpean #Foreign, #Economic, and #Security policies of the #AmericaFirst.
The...
https://www.dw.com/en/thailands-uyghur-deportations-balancing-china-and-the-west/a-72028596
Updates, because this is something I now tend to pay attention to:
Apparently Ajin from #EnigmaGMMTV also uses ฉัน. Thereby adding one more goth to the list.
(Again, I do not actually think this is the criteria. I still maintain this is saying a lot about my choice of shows more than anything else lol)
But also, Missing Me has both Winny and Satang using ฉัน in the lyrics. And it’s also in the Thai title of the song: คิดถึงฉันใช่ป่ะ