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    Little Miss Noi: A Sanook Guide to the Thai Language (With a Reverse Glossary)
    Little Miss Noi: A Sanook Guide to the Thai Language (With a Reverse Glossary)
    Little Miss Noi: A Sanook Guide to the Thai Language (With a Reverse Glossary)
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    Little Miss Noi: A Sanook Guide to the Thai Language (With a Reverse Glossary)

    By Jay Walken

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    Jay Walken's popular and humorous guide to the Thai language for foreigners and expats, especially men, has been expanded considerably since its original publication, and is now published in a separate edition with a reverse glossary. Unlike most other language guides, this book provides more than words: in some cases, it suggests ways of using them to make your life in Thailand more pleasant, more "sanook," more successful, joyous, and trouble-free.

    Unlike "Little Miss Fon Sat on Her Kon", this expanded edition also contains a reverse glossary from English to Thai. This will help you refer back to the words that you may have learned, but have slipped your mind, and speed up your learning process.

    This is not just a book about language, but also has humorous insights into Thai life and Thai culture.
    Not for the easily offended. Non-pc, relaxed, possibly more useful for men; but, if you're willing to take what is useful and let go of the rest, this book will give you what other books don't.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJay Walken
    Release dateApr 12, 2014
    ISBN9781311950253
    Little Miss Noi: A Sanook Guide to the Thai Language (With a Reverse Glossary)

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      Little Miss Noi - Jay Walken

      Little Miss Noi: A Sanook Guide to the Thai Language (With a Reverse Glossary)

      Jay Walken

      Copyright © 2014 Jay Walken

      All rights reserved by the author. This book may not be reproduced in any form, whether mechanical, electronic, or by hand, without the written permission of the author or the publisher. The exception is brief quotes for legitimate review purposes.

      Jay Walken may be reached at jaywalken2@gmail.com ; he is a New Yorker who has spent more than seven years in Southeast Asia, and more than three years in Thailand, and has written other books under another name.

      An earlier edition of this book, without the very useful Reverse Dictionary contained in this book, was published in late 2012 under the title Little Miss Fon Sat on Her Kon, and is still available, though with fewer words, and without the glossary. Approximately 80 new words have been added to the book since its first publication.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Author’s Disclaimer and Preface

      I Love You Maak Maak

      Pye [Bpai] Doo Eye? Random Comments on the Thai Language

      Oh My, Oh Mai: Thirty M-Words

      Aloy to Dee: The A-D words

      Fon to Jai-Dee: F-J words

      Cows and Chaai: The K-words

      Lay-Ow to Nom: L-N Words

      Pye-RongRame: P-R Words

      Sabaay to Soovye: S-Words

      Thooth-Ya Ya Ying: T-Y Words

      The Numbers

      The Naughty or Bad Words

      Simple Food Words

      Thinglish or Thai English

      Thai Philosophy 101, and a Nursery Rhyme

      Glossary or Reverse Dictionary

      Acknowledgments

      The author wishes to gratefully acknowledge the following Thai women, who taught him much of the little Thai that he knows:

      A, B, D, E, F, G, M, P, U, V . . .

      and especially the lovely and soovye maak Naam, for giving him the best language lesson any mortal has ever received from a Thai angel since the beginning of time—by teaching him how to count from 1 to 20 in Thai by using all of his fingers and all of his toes. It is a lesson he promises to remember in all his future lives as an ant, an elephant, and as a ma-aa.

      Author’s Disclaimer and Preface

      This book is a guide and supplementary learning aid that was written mainly to help non-Thai visitors and expatriates to obtain a quick understanding of the Thai language, or rather, of a few important words. It is also primarily designed for men and for liberal, open-minded, non-p.c. women with a sense of humor.

      Perhaps what makes this book different from similar books is its light-hearted approach and humorous mnemonics. Also, it zeroes in on a few of the most important words (some of which are omitted by conventional guides of comparable length, sometimes because they are rude) and suggests certain conversational strategies, all of which could save you many times the price of this book.

      And though far from authoritative, especially in its pronunciation guide, consider this: Thai people (like most Southeast Asian people) love to laugh. Nothing is more boring to them than a minute during which nothing interesting is happening or being spoken. If you make mistakes while earnestly trying to speak their language, and if you say a word the wrong way--that is immensely funny to them; it lightens the mood all around, and they’ll probably treat you better. (And please, if and when they laugh at you, try and join in the laughter.)

      This book contains around 200 Thai words, at least one hundred of which will be helpful in understanding and communicating with Thais —partly because these words reach into the heart of the language, and may help you understand a bit of what is going on. I learned these words the hard way; learning them earlier would have saved me time,

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