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Old 09-21-2012, 05:58 PM   #1
poekfpojoibien

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I believe that the Thais assimilated a lot of words from the English language especially those involved with electronics, science and technology.

Examples include: "air" for air-conditioning, "TV" for television, "computer" for "computer" and "message" when refering to "short messages service (SMS)" for the mobile phone. This list is definitely not exhastive.

I also agree with Richard on the point that many Thais use certain English words to be "cool". Words like "sure", "really" and many others.

But my take is that most Thais I know don't mix any English words in their conversations except for assimilated ones. They speak pure Thai even to a novice to the language like myself.
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