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I'd recommend Burmese for Beginners by Gene Mesher. It's in the same series as Benjawan Poonsam Becker's "Thai for Beginners", and it has a similar format, teaching you the Burmese script gradually.
I tried looking for a Burmese school in Bangkok a few months ago but I didn't find anything. I'm now studying with a friend's Burmese housekeeper at home, if you ask around I'm sure you can find a Burmese lady who can speak English and is happy to teach you.
There's also a Burmese restaurant called Mary's Kitchen on Sukhumvit 71 (between Soi 15 and 17 I think) that's run by a Burmese Christian lady and her family. She's very friendly and speaks good English and fluent Thai - I'm sure she'd be able to recommend a good teacher for you.
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In Topic: Dogmatism, Skepticism, Eclecticism,
2010-11-11 09:07:05
kropotkin, on 2010-11-11 00:37:58, said:
Sorry, i can not help with the translation into thai.
But....
Do you think it is a dogma to say that 1 and 1 add up to 2, and all other answers are wrong?
And skepticism.... that definition seems to fit better to nihilism.
I truly hope that your thai friend finds a way to explain / translate these expressions in thai.
But....
Do you think it is a dogma to say that 1 and 1 add up to 2, and all other answers are wrong?
And skepticism.... that definition seems to fit better to nihilism.
I truly hope that your thai friend finds a way to explain / translate these expressions in thai.
Thanks for the input, I think the three descriptions apply in trying to define "normative" concepts (such as "democracy", "politics" "power") rather than "descriptive" concepts like "1" "2" "table" or "white". I maybe should have provided a clearer context in the OP.
So while it's not dogmatic to say "1 + 1 = 2" or "all bachelors are unmarried" it is dogmatic to say that "the main criteria of democracy is the right of citizens to vote" when there are other criteria (like equal opportunities for citizens to attain political leadership).
Likewise I agree it's nihilistic to say that one man's "1" can be another man's "2" or "3", but with something like "democracy" it's skeptical to say that the different criteria (equal rights to vote, equal participation in political life, equal rights to political power) are equally valid.
kropotkin, on 2010-11-11 00:37:58, said:
The skeptic / dogmatic in me would suggest that your thai friend should wait several reincarnations before trying to explain 19th century farang words here in thailand.
Agreed! I'm not sure what her university tutor was thinking, giving her a very abstruse English article and expecting a presentation in Thai the following week. In any case I think we'll just work with the simplest and clearest definitions we can, and illustrate them with lots of examples.
In Topic: Can Cheese Be Racist?
2010-09-21 06:52:42
coutsa, on 2010-09-21 06:07:56, said:
Ys, Coon is also here in Australia. I remember once on a TV show they had an Aboriginal man complaining and asking how would we feel if there was a cheese called Whitey......
I also remember the Darkie toothpaste, shame they changed it!
I also remember the Darkie toothpaste, shame they changed it!
It can go both ways... Edam isn't a terribly polite word in Thai.
