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Old 16th February 2008, 13:37   #17 (permalink)
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Re: How Thai interfers with learning English

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Originally Posted by Hamster
I think of the infinite things a person may want to say, and come to the conclusion that English is necessarily verbose with the aim being the the possibilty to precisely articulate complex, subtle, and nuanced thought.
You mean like in thai when you want to make the point that a novel/play/documentary/poem/movie/football match/ lecture/english class/ daytrip to the museum etc was 'sanuk' or 'mai sanuk'?
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