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Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon  Quote: |
Originally Posted by Texpat That they need not learn their hosts' language to communicate. | interesting that.
as my thai has improved to a really pretty good level, i have found myself less willing to broadcast it.
these days I speak English to Thais that can, even if their English is worse than my Thai.
for some reason it annoys me to hear bad Thai spoken very loudly, especially to people who speak good enough English. |
Must admit I have gone in that direction myself, partly due to wanting my children to improve their engllsh and partly wanting the locals to get off their butts and start using some of the ( lImited) English skills I know they have.
I spent a couple of days in BKK last week with me Mia noi or ex Mia noi as she now is, trying to bond with our daughter. They both live in Thai situation, she has a job dealing only with Thais, her English has regressed to the point of being useless.
So maybe they feel the same way, when the requirment becomes superfluous the skill atrophys.