"unforgettable thai"

[Jackie]

I saw the following language program being advertised on google.com called "Unforgettable Thai". They promise a method of learning thai by associating the sound with a mental picture. They promise a hundred per cent success rate.

Take their example and see if their course is worth the money:

Quote[/b] ]Our Linkword Way

The Thai for
CHICKEN
is
GA [gah]

Associate the sound of the
Thai word to an image that
reminds you of its meaning.

Imagine a baby CHICKEN goes GAh, gah.

I always thought chicken was "gai". They should have said something like "imagine a guy eating a chicken".

Maybe this works for other languages but I don't think it would work for Thai.

What methods do you use for learning Thai words?

[Panrit "Gor" Daoruang]

I took a look at their web site and I agree that they are almost wasting your time by making you learn wrong words (and wrong tones). But the idea is good.

I really think this one is funny though:

"Imagine a very large elephant engaged in a romantic interlude with an over-sexed mouse. The mouse is saying ``Again, again, again.'' Which in mouse talk is ``eek, eek, eek.'' Visualise that for a full ten seconds."