So you most likely know the kids’ song “Head, Shoulders,
Knees and Toes”, well while I was at church, I learned “Head, Shoulders, Butt,
Earwax”. Yep, you read it right. Butt….Earwax
I was so surprised, and to top it all off, it was
taught/sung all while having a meal together.
Needless to say it was a day full of laughter and smiles.
Who says church is suppose to be boring?!? Here, every
church is a new experience and full of new adventures around every corner.
This Sunday, They were me the parts of the body in Thai (and
I taught them some in English as well)
Random thought of the day: What I love about the Thai
language is how they put smaller words together to make another word. Like “Water + Smells Good=Perfume” or “Water
+ Fruit= Fruit juice” or “Car+ Room+Study=School Bus“
So what ‘combo’ of words makes ‘earwax’? poop+ear= earwax the same applies for the eye goop you get in
the mornings poop+eye=eye goop
Test out your word solving skills below. Can you correctly
match the meaning to these ‘Thai words’?
|
1 |
Car + Fire |
A |
Fish Sauce |
|
2 |
Room + Study |
B |
Pharmacy |
|
3 |
Water + Fish |
C |
Chinese |
|
4 |
Friend + House |
D |
Blue |
|
5 |
Frame + Eye |
E |
Train |
|
6 |
Shop + Sell + Medicine |
F |
Library |
|
7 |
Ten + Two |
G |
River |
|
8 |
Language + China |
H |
Glasses |
|
9 |
Food + Morning |
I |
Coworker |
|
10 |
Room + Food |
J |
School |
|
11 |
Pain + Head |
K |
Midnight |
|
12 |
Day + This |
L |
Hen |
|
13 |
Room + Book |
M |
Neighbor |
|
14 |
Color + Sky |
N |
White |
|
15 |
Water + Strong |
O |
Cinema |
|
16 |
Room + Water |
P |
Twelve |
|
17 |
Book + Travel |
Q |
Breakfast |
|
18 |
Room + Work |
R |
Today |
|
19 |
Father + Mother |
S |
Bathroom |
|
20 |
Saturday + Sunday |
T |
Headache |
|
21 |
Half + Night |
U |
Factory |
|
22 |
Friend + Work |
V |
Ice |
|
23 |
Mother + Chicken |
W |
Passport |
|
24 |
Room + Movie |
X |
Restaurant |
|
25 |
Color + Rice |
Y |
Weekend |
|
26 |
Mother + Water |
Z |
Parents |
(Scroll down to see the answers)
See my main blog at LizOlson.wordpress.com for more stories from my journey here in Thailand.
Answers: 1E, 2J, 3A, 4M, 5H, 6B, 7P, 8C, 9Q, 10X, 11T, 12R, 13F, 14D, 15V, 16S, 17W, 18U, 19Z, 20Y, 21K, 22 I, 23L, 24O, 25N, 26G
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