Some of the words we've learnt in the workshop, so far...

*tones as follows:

Concept	Thai	Pronounce	Meaning	Picture Story
Sigh	ทราย	saai	sand	sighing lovers walking along the beach
	ใส่	saai	put in, pour in, put on [clothes]; at	put on your sexy stockings, I want to put it in!
	สาย	saai?	[to be] late line	running up the hill to catch the last bus
	ซ็าย	saai?	left	which travels on the left of the road
Choir	ขวา	khwaa?	right	choir on right side of God singing uplifting songs
sTrong	ตรอง	dtrong	straight	a strong man with a straight back
Lung	หลัง	lang?	behind	the lungs are behind the heart
Gone	โกน	ckohn	before	she was gone before I had a chance to kiss her
Chew Eye	ชวย	chuai	help [please]	something is chewing my eye, help me!
Do I	ด้วย	duai	also	I do! but do I also take her sisters to be my mia noi (minor wives)?
MurdEr	เมีอ	meua	[time] when	when is the best time to commit a murder?  - when it's dark
sTitch	ติด	dtit?	start infected, catch addicted, fascinated to owe stick	Because of my addiction, i started to use a large knife to cut open my veins - but it got infected and I caught AIDS and I had to go to the hospital for stitches. I now owe them a lot of money.
Chortle	จอด	chjohd	park [stop]	lovers fucking in a parked car while the local schoolgirls look on and chortle amongst themselves
You'd	อยุด	yud	stop [moving]	you'd better stop moving around so much
Yaa	ย่า	yah!	stop [doing]
My	ไม่ ไหม้	mai!	no/not burn	oh no! my house is burning down - help!
	ไหม่	mai	new	now I need a new house
	ไม้	mai?	wood	the fireman uses a wooden ladder to put out the fire
	ไหม	mai?	[question] silk	a little spider spins a silk web up the drainpipe
Guppie	กับ	ckab	with	guppies swim together in a school
Cry	ไคร	khraai	who?	who's in bed with my mum? cries the little girl
Cow	เขา	khao?	white (see? khao?) mountain (poo khao?)	the cow climbs up the snow-capped mountain
	ข้าว เข่า	khaao! khao!	rice enter	she jumps into a rice field the other cows say: use the regular entrance, it's quicker
	เข่า ข่าว	khao khaao	knee (hua? khao) news	she lands on her knees in the mud the local news crew come to see
	เขา	khao? [colloq]	he/she/they	she dies and goes up to heaven
Road	รด	rohd?	car/vehicle	cars travel on the elevated roadway
Fire	ไฟ	fai	fire electricity (fai fah?)	electricity is a kind of a blue fire
Far	ฟ้า	fah?	sky skyblue (see fah?)	the blue sky is far away
sTy	ใต้ ตาย	dtai! dtaa!i	under, south die	the sty is under our bedroom the man died in bed
Din	ดิน	din	land, earth	the market on the empty land makes a huge din
Mai(l)	เมล์	meh	mail rohd? meh = bus rohd? fai = train rohd? fai fah? = skytrain rohd? fai dtai! din = metro
Kung Fu	ข้าง	kahng!	side	side by side with the Kung Fu master
Done	ค้าน	dahn!	side	flip the eggs to cook both sides (well done)
sPy	ป้าย ไป	bpaai! bpai	sign, [bus] stop to go	the spy jumps onto the bus as it goes signs says: watch out for spies
You	อยู่	you	location continuing	"young lady, you are spending too much time at different discos!"
Gum Lung	กำลัง	gamlang	power in the process of	his fetish was to suck gum into his lungs as a form of asphyxiation
Night	ไหน	nai?	where?	where do the night girls wait?
Tea	ที่	tee!	place, at that, which, who	they wait at the tea tree, which is a popular place for customers