Thread: How did you manage to learn the Thai language?

Originally Posted by robuzo

the majority of people with a degree of education allowing them to understand my take on topics ranging from the Cambodia border crisis to the collected works of David Foster Wallace will by and large already speak English

Spot on. A friend who completed a 6-month intensive course (20 hours of class time a week) commented that for most purposes taking your Thai to a stratospheric level is basically useless. You'll be having those convos in English, if you have them at all.