Language and Linguistics
Pick a Language Any Language Over the past 2 weeks, I have received over 50 messages, comments and emails from people all over the world asking about how they should embark on learning a language. I normally keep the following for people who enroll in my Cracking Thai Fundamentals programme,
[](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw-rF-AKW88)I’ve just spent the past week setting up a mini TV studio at home here so I can start producing some great content for all of you.
Language and Linguistics
“Wow! You speak Chinese so well …. you must have a Walking Dictionary!? 哈哈哈哈” “Wow! You speak Thai so well …. you must have a Walking Dictionary!? 5555” “Wow! You speak Korean so well …. you must have a Walking Dictionary!? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ” “Wow! You speak Bahasa Indonesia so well …. you must have a
Braille
I had a sensuous train ride today. I’ve gotta tell you – you would be amazed what two Taiwanese women on a train will say to each other in Chinese in front of you when they think that you don’t understand them! I milked the situation for all it
Interpreting and Translation
R.I.P. Stuart Jay Raj’s NAATI Professional Level 3 Thai Interpreters Exam 19th of August, 2010 Moving to Australia recently was a tough call for me. I love my life in Thailand and never would I have imagined a year ago that this time this year I would
Farsi
Sifting through the propaganda in the aftermath of 9/11 Just after 9/11, I can remember the same feeling. The western news agencies were akin to a synchronised swimming team. The sound bites coming out slowly changed over time, though no matter what news channel you turned on on
I’m sitting here looking across to at a pile of around 3,000 books that just arrived from my home in Bangkok. About 85% of these books are ‘language’ books. That is, they’re books whose purpose is to teach you a language, or books on linguistics … in many
[](http://stujay.com/2010/08/11/how-to-become-gifted-at-learning-languages-youre-never-too-old/)The other day, I put a post up entitled “[How to Become ‘Gifted’ at Learning Languages – You’re Never too Old](http://stujay.com/2010/08/
Interpreting and Translation
Lights … Camera … [](http://stujay.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/CIMG3003.jpg)That crazy time of year has arrived again. White sashes are being pinned, flubby bits are being retracted and false eye-lashes are
Chinese
Everything in this universe can be broken down into binary – 0′s and 1′s. I love to draw the curtain back and reveal the 0′s and 1′s… perhaps we could call this ‘Wizard of Oz’ syndrome – the Wizard is never as scary as he’s made out
Language and Linguistics
[](http://stujay.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/floobenflahter-flasks-copy.jpg)### If it’s like that on Floobenflahter, surely it’s like that on Earth? A ‘Floobenflahter’ from the planet Floobenflahter landed here
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