Tinglish
Tinglish (also Thenglish or Thailish) is the imperfect form of English produced by native Thai speakers due to language interference from the first language.
Some common examples are:
- same same (similar) and same same but different (seems similar but different in some ways);
- I love you too much;
- I have ever been to London;
- I'm sad when my mother angries me meaning is angry with me;
- I used to go to Phuket or I go to Phuket already meaning I went to Phuket;
- take a bath referring to taking a shower;
- omission of pronouns and of the verb be;
- non-use or incorrect use of articles, declension and conjugation.
- addition of Thai final particles, e.g. I don't know na
Tinglish pronunciation shifts the stress to the last syllable of the word and omits consonant clusters. An initial r becomes an l. Final consonants are often omitted or converted according to the rules of Thai pronunciation: l and r become n, while s becomes t.
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