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the amount of swear words spoken amongst the lower strata of thai society is amazing.

the trying to understand part way through a thai conversation is almost impossible to me, but as was said before if in at the start i can comprehend some conversations quite well and others not a clue.

up country surrounded by non english speakers, my "ear" improved rapidly once i dumped the unessential words from their speech.
but alas 4 months away and now i have difficulty understanding what the wife is saying to family on the phone.

so its back to the begining when i am next in thailand, thai language is diminishing in importance to me, its issan from now on.
so all the greetings etc from the in-laws, shop keepers, passing rice farmers etc, and no doubt they will expect me to understand the same i did last time i was there, but i know its back to the basics.