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Learning or more accurately memorising is becoming more difficult for me. I am a 72 years old Englishman. My Thai wife speaks very little English but her adopted 16 year old daughter has a burning desire to visit England and is learning the English language quite well. Far better than I am learning Thai, she gives me every encouragement, although she says that my pronunciation of the English language is poor. I was introduced to a Thai lady who was a teacher who taught English in a Thai school, she told me that including her two years in the UK I was the clearest speaking English person that she had ever heard. It seems that they are taught an American/Australian version of English in Thailand. I encourage and pay for her to have extra lessons. To their credit, during lockdown periods, when the schools were closed, her friends visited each week and they studied together. Our living room was like a school classroom.
I have been completely uninformed about which course to take, to learn the Thai language. After paying for several different courses, I decided on the course ‘Learn Thai Style.’ On top of the course payment, I have to pay a teacher to visit me and cover his transportation costs. I have stopped having the teacher visiting me because he goes so fast that by the time he leaves, I have forgotten all that he has said.
My sister in law, who has dual nationality with the UK tells me “Thai people think that all English people are stupid.” I guess she is right. One day I followed her into a lift but considering social distancing, I stepped back out of the lift and said that I would get in the next one. No problem. She said to me “K̄hêā mā” I said “I know what that means.” She said “what?” I said “K̄hêā mā, means come in” in exactly the same tone that she had used. She said that what I had said was not come in. She made me look so small in front of the lift full of people, who all agreed with her. I stepped out of the lift and struggled down the stairs with my walking stick. I have told my wife that if ever Pon comes to stay, I will pack a case and my wife can drive me to a hotel, where I will stay until Pon leaves. Maybe it would be better to return to the UK, I would be homeless in the UK, I sold everything to come to Thailand.
Unhappily
Richard.