35.1 C
Bangkok
Sunday, May 5, 2024

suay means beautiful but if you pronounce it with different tone it means bad luck. What other funny wordplays do you know?

Another one that I know is that madam in English sounds nice but in Thai they actually also use it as maa dam (black dog). What other fun words do you know in Thai that are the same but when different tone then the meaning drastically changes (and bonus it is funny, I do know that Mai and kau mean many different things but I do find the suay example much more entertaining)? Or what Thai word(s) have a different meaning in English (like the madam is maa dam example)

Edit: just remembered another funny one: men in Thai means smell bad 😁



View Reddit by ElizabethLearnsView Source

Latest Articles