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**Hsmrcahr** · 04-04-2007, 02:00 PM

Paul, to echo Dinkum, you should be happy that when you set foot on Thai soil that they don't demand that you speak Thai to them! I'm sure you would expect the same of them if they came to Australia (that you would expect them to speak English to you rather than Thai). Many Americans experience the same issue with the French -- many Americans who travel to France complain that the French will not speak English to them even when they know they could speak it (Americans call the French "rude" for this). Yet many Americans complain that the Mexicans who come to live in America aren't proficient in English. For some reason English is supposed to be the predominant language on both French and American soil. How arrogant is that?

So Paul, how good is your Thai?

04-04-2007, 02:00 PM	#25
Hsmrcahr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 429 Senior Member	Paul, to echo Dinkum, you should be happy that when you set foot on Thai soil that they don't demand that you speak Thai to them! I'm sure you would expect the same of them if they came to Australia (that you would expect them to speak English to you rather than Thai). Many Americans experience the same issue with the French -- many Americans who travel to France complain that the French will not speak English to them even when they know they could speak it (Americans call the French "rude" for this). Yet many Americans complain that the Mexicans who come to live in America aren't proficient in English. For some reason English is supposed to be the predominant language on both French and American soil. How arrogant is that? So Paul, how good is your Thai?
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