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Did you miss us? We missed you. And we wish we could say that to you in a foreign language. But since we’re proud Americans the grew up in the ‘80s, we don’t speak any other language but one. And poorly at that!
That’s the issue we’re tackling today: The differences in language education in America vs what it’s like overseas.
Full episode details: https://www.theopportunistictravelers.com/blog/2019/11/8/why-is-foreign-language-education-a-foreign-idea-in-america
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We’re back after a long absence -- an absence explained in detail to our supporters -- to talk about air travel in America. Recent cross-country trips for both of us are causing us to pine for the ease, reliability, and cost-savings of traveling overseas
So leave your assumptions aside and listen in as we tell you why air travel in America downright sucks when compared to the experience in many developing nations.
Full episode details: https://www.theopportunistictravelers.com/blog/2019/4/4/american-air-travel-is-awful
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Back in 2015, Evo spent several hours in a tattoo chair in Thailand. Just a few weeks ago, Sheila got a new tattoo in America.
The differences were vast. Join us as we talk about the finer details, including
Time investment
Overall skill of the artists
Sanitation and sterilization
… and more!
We’ll leave the decision to permanently remember your next trip overseas with indelible ink -- or Hep C -- in your hands.
Full episode details: https://www.theopportunistictravelers.com/blog/2018/12/24/tattoos-over-here-vs-tattoos-over-there-season-5-episode-11
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Recorded during a road-trip to San Diego, we were inspired to compare our current situation to where we just were for the better part of three years, traipsing all around a developing nation wherever the road would take us.
Also, this episode is very late. We’re sorry about that. And the audio is rough, but that makes it more “authentic”, right?
Tune in and hear us talk about comfort, safety, and law enforcement differences from here to there.
Full episode details: https://www.theopportunistictravelers.com/blog/2018/12/5/tripping-out-on-road-trips-abroad-season-5-episode-10
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Today, we are going to talk about travel. Yes, we’ve talked about travel for the better part of 4 years. But this time, we’re taking a broader look at how air travel works in places like Southeast Asia. Because unless you’ve experienced it first hand, you likely have some misconceptions about air travel in developing nations.
Topics covered include:
“Taxis” aren’t always taxis
curbside check-in
Airports that make LAX and DFW look like regional airstrips
Standing on the walkways
Why we really dislike KLIA (Kuala Lumpur Int’l Airport)
Immigration miscues and mis-queues
Planes don’t fly out of the sky
No chickens on the plane
Only beautiful people allowed as flight crew
Exceptional food
… and more!
So leave your assumptions aside and listen in as we tell you why air travel to developing nations is often rather great.
Full episode details: https://theopportunistictravelers.com/blog/2018/10/31/airing-out-the-stereotypes-of-third-world-air-travel-season-5-episode-9 -
Let’s talk about your place of residence. Specifically if you’re renting the place in which you live. And even more specifically, the horrible “switching costs” associated with moving from one address to another.
Moving. It sucks. Which is probably why, statistically speaking, you’ve probably lived in the same place for a very long time. Moving… sucks. At least, it does here in the west. But in developing nations? It’s kind of a breeze.
We’re sharing with you just how incredibly simple it was to move around condos in Bangkok with literally the clothes on our back. Because in many developing nations, the concept of owning furniture is downright odd.
Full episode details: https://theopportunistictravelers.com/blog/2018/10/3/its-too-painful-to-move
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It’s hard to believe we’ve been making this podcast for four years, across five different seasons. And in that time, we’ve never really talked about religion. Well… that’s changing.Based on our time abroad in some 20-ish countries in 3.5 years, we’re qualified enough to discuss the “optics” of religion in societies around the world.
This isn’t a comparative study of religion for college credit. No, this is real-world things we’ve seen and heard in more than a few nations, from emerging to established.
Full episode details: https://theopportunistictravelers.com/blog/2018/9/26/proselytizing-from-west-to-east
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As you might imagine, there are lots of little things that we notice that bug us. Things you probably ignore. Things that we ignored the first four decades of our lives. Some of those are so baked into the very fabric of our lives, they disappear into the background. So much so, that you don’t think about them. Until you’re out of clean underwear.
Listen to this episode and find out exactly how convenient it is to have access to nearly full-service laundry in every home really is.
Hopefully you’ll never look a gift clean pair of underwear in the mouth again. Though why you want any sort of underwear in your mouth is beyond me. But keep flying your freak flag. We won’t judge.
Full episode details: https://theopportunistictravelers.com/blog/2018/9/16/dirty-underwear-abroad-season-5-episode-6
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Traveling the world, we’ve had some pretty great coffee. But the Senegalese spiced coffee we found tops the list.
Listen in to learn more and to discover that, if you play your cards right, we just might send you some as a token of our appreciation, Patron.
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We’re taking a look inside your refrigerator. Not that we care what kind of food you eat. You do you. No, what we want talk about is how the items in your fridge or your pantry got there.
We’re claiming expert knowledge of shopping around the world. Where many travelers stick to dining out when they visit a new country, we LIVED in most of the countries when we traveled, and tried to live as “locally” as was possible. That means we shopped in lots of grocery stores, bodegas, fresh produce stands, and boutique markets in lots of different places. Which was, for the most part, a lot of fun.
Full episode details: https://theopportunistictravelers.com/blog/2018/9/11/grocery-shopping-the-western-way-season-5-episode-5
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Living in Phoenix Arizona, it really seems like there is a new ethnic restaurant popping up on every corner. Ethiopian food. Peruvian food. Dominican Republic food… You could probably eat the cuisine of a different culture at least once a week (maybe even twice a week) for an entire year and still not have covered all of our ethnic food choices.
And that’s us in this overgrown cow-town we call Phoenix!
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We’re not so bold as to assume our 3.5 years living abroad has made us qualified to talk about the state of cuisine around the world. But we can sure poke fun at our American obsession of seeking out “the most authentic ethnic food”.
Spoiler: It’s dumb to think think there’s anything “authentic” about a single dish that’s supposed to represent the way that dish is prepared in a continent-sized country. We’ll give you some specific examples. You’ll agree with us at the end.
Full episode details: https://theopportunistictravelers.com/2018/9/4/is-the-ethnic-food-you-are-eating-really-authentic-season-5-episode-4
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One of our biggest concerns was what to do about healthcare as we traveled the world. As good Americans, we bought into the story of incredible the healthcare in America is compared to anywhere else in the world.
Turns out, we were suckered.
Our first-hand accounts of encounters with the medical system of countries like Denmark, England, Spain, and Thailand have give us a new perspective on what we used to accept.
If you’re one of those who’ve drank the “socialized medicine in other countries is a fiasco!” might want to listen to this. While anecdotes don’t add up to evidence, they can cause you to take a bit more of a skeptical look at what you think is true.
Full episode details: https://theopportunistictravelers.com/blog/2018/8/28/make-american-healthcare-great-again-season-5-episode-3
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Before we go too far down highway 420, we need to stress that the two strongly support a comprehensive repeal of America’s stupid federal ban on cannabis. We’re also keenly interested in the good studies on the medical uses cannabis -- either the whole flower or isolated compounds -- might have on public health.
28 countries -- including the US and Canada -- have some form of medical cannabis law that ostensibly allows an authorized patient to spark up a spliff in the comfort of their own home. 12 of those are developing nations, spread around Central & South America, Eastern Europe, and even a couple of countries in Africa.
In America, 30 states (well, 29 plus the District of Columbia) have passed medical marijuana laws. Even Oklahoma, which surprised both of us.
Unless you’ve been ignoring any and all media, you have likely heard near-magical stories of cannabis as a medicine, curing just about every kind of disease and condition under the sun.
But these personal stories are simply anecdotes, and anecdotes don’t add up to evidence.
Worse, quality scientific studies on the medical effects of cannabis are few and far between. Largely, many claim, because of America’s federal ban on cannabis. That makes it extremely difficult -- bordering on impossible -- to find money to fund a large-scale study.
But there have been some studies. We know, for example, of very interesting compounds that come from cannabis: two of them are THC and CBD. Generally speaking, THC is the psychoactive component -- that which gets you high. CBD, on the other hand, doesn’t. Go deeper than that, and things start to get messy. Many in the scientific and medical community ask a simple question: what’s the proper dosage of either of those two compounds -- either isolated or in combination -- that will provide the necessary medical effect on any given patient?
So why did we pick medical marijuana as our critique on first world culture? Because Evo thinks that the stoner culture might be “imperfect messengers” for the cause of medical marijuana. Though, as you’ll hear in this episode, his opinion is changing. -
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There's a common stanza for Americans who travel abroad: DON'T DRINK THE WATER. To find out why -- or even if -- that's a problem, we enlisted the help of one of our good friends, Dr. Terry Simpson.
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As a special treat to those of you who stay subscribe to our podcast, we’ll be releasing some special, long form audio over the coming weeks as we travel to Cambodia, China, Japan, and Korea before landing back in America.Today, you’ll hear a long-form ambient audio recording of one of the most bizarre -- at least by western standards -- religious events in Thailand. It’s called the Sak Yant Wai Kru. It takes place every year at a temple called Wat Bang Pra, which is about 50 km NW of Thailand. Each year in early March, more than 10,000 afficiantos of the sak yant tattoos gather at the temple and well… go a little crazy. The reason for the gathering is to get the tattoos recharged. In the strange amalgamation of religion and mysticism that is Thai Buddhism, sak yant tattoos imbue their owner with special protective powers. And just like it’s a good idea to reboot your computer or update the apps on your phone once and awhile, the tattos need a little recharging.Or a lot, as you’ll hear.What follows is just over 2 and half hours of un-cut audio I recorded at the 2018 event, my third time attending. Sheila took a bunch of pictures and has them on Flickr. She also has a great video from the 2017 event on YouTube.
In the audio, you’ll heave me interacting with some of our favorite people that we’re going to miss a lot when we leave Thailand in just a few days. Ric, Jack, Karina, Ian… and a bunch more. You’ll also hear me clearing my throat a lot, as I was just getting over a cold. And from time to time, you’ll hear my reactions and Sheila’s reactions to the quite literal insanity of the event.If you can’t make it through all 2 and a half hours, I understand. The first three minutes of the audioclip gives a fairly good representation of the rest of the audio. Of course you might be sucked in after that. IT happens.So here we go. Thanks for listening. We’ll be back from time to time with more audio. And eventually, season five of our podcast will start up again. Whatever we decide to call it. Cheers! -
It’s almost impossible not to learn things as you travel. After traveling to 20 different countries as we’ve lived as expats for over 3 years, we’ve racked up quite a few memories and life-lessons we’ll take back with us to America.
On this, the final episode of the 4th season of podcast, we’ll list the major life lessons each of us has learned from every single country we visited across three continents. Some might surprise you. Some might make you think. But all of it should make you laugh.
Season 4 may be ending, but it’s not too late to get postcards from us as we hit a few more countries abroad. Not only will you get access to all of our bonus content, but you’ll also be among a group of people who’ll still get content from us on a regular basis before Season 5 begins.
Stay subscribed, enjoy this episode, and we’ll see you back in a few weeks from somewhere new!
Insanely Inaccurate Machine Transcription Yeah, I don't think I'm getting tired of this any time soon. Descript is getting much better. But still, here's what it thinks we said.
Yeah, did you learn that you can take the boy out of America, but you can't take the Evo out of Evo. That's about it. Maybe Maria was.
Oh, oh one time so this one time one time this you know what this one time this one time. Oh my God this one-time. Good podcast. I also use coasters. Coasters that you stole it's all part of the experience of living abroad which is coming to an end if we don't have a question this week, but we have something even better right we should tell the people who we are that's a great idea honey.
I'm Sheila D. And I am Evo Tara. We are Shiva. You are listening to this one time the podcast the final episode of the season four. Of our crazy travel life is here. This is the 30th episode. Of season four we've been this four times there have been four other episode 30s, which three others all three other right math is hard.
There was there were three others that we had a final episode of actually one went to 33 really yeah, and then we did some mini bonus ones when get a whole bunch of many bonuses, so I think we have around 150 +. Wow episodes of the Shiva Studios on tour or whatever we were calling it. That encompassed our lives abroad and each season was very different each season was quite different every single episode of those seasons is available up on the website at Shiva WTF / podcast.
We are also not done season 5 will continue, but we have to first End season 4. That is true is where we are today my love, so we had the great idea actually we did not you have the amazing idea of as our recap. Yes to talk about not just where we were because listen you've heard us do that you've heard us tell you where we have been those of you.
Who've been listening since day one my camel coat along with us. Kelly all the others that have been out there, thank you guys very much for your listening. We're not going to force you to sit and listen to us rehash the same stories what we decided to do from Sheila's infinite wisdom is to talk about all of the.
Trees we have traveled to since this began and then share with you a lesson that each of us learned yes at that location or in that particular country that we will now carry with us back to America. Which will influence how season 5 is going to go so that's what you're in for today. It is the idea of advice and life lessons except.
We are the recipients of said lessons now life has given these things to us, and it's what we have learned we can be taught. Well, we'll find out that's what you guys are in for for this particular program. Thank you very much. Would you like to begin? My love sure well we started our adventure in France and what I found very quickly because we were in a small town of I don't know 800 people well population of 800 right.
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In the three years we’ve been traveling the world, we’ve eaten some weird food. But what’s the most bizarre food we’ve encountered. That’s the question we’re answering on this, the penultimate episode of Season 4 of our comedy/travel/advice podcast. (Don’t worry: Season 5 is right around the corner.)
For Sheila, the answer was mashed potatoes covered in fish eggs she found -- and loved -- in Spain. Your challenge is to replicate the recipe the next time you sit down for a traditional ‘meat-and-potatoes’ dinner in the West.
Evo’s palate is a little more adventurous than most, so ‘eating bizarre’ is what he does. If you listen, you’ll hear a lot about eating some tasty grubs, whole frogs, live termites, crabs-in-the-shell, offal soup, grilled intestine, and more.
What’s more interesting is how our concept of favorite foods have changed (or in one of our cases) not changed after three years exposure to new dishes and flavors. Take sushi and pizza, for example. One of them should never be eaten outside of America, and the other might kill you. And then there’s laab moo, a dish we probably won’t find at many Thai restaurants back in America.
One thing is for sure: living abroad for three years has opened up Sheila to spicy food. And Evo has accepted that eating soup for breakfast is pho-king incredible.
Next week is the last episode of Season 4, but it’s not too late to (http://shevo.wtf/patreon) , and you’ll be the first to know when the next season drops. Plus you’ll get access to all the previous bonus episodes we’ve published.
See you next week for the final episode (before we start something new!)
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We're using a new service this week to create this section. It's called Descript, and it's arguably better. It would also likely be a lot easier to massage this to a good transcript you actually want to read... but where's the fun in that? Also, no time stamps in this one. Not that they were all that helpful over the last 10 episodes, right?
If the food itself is making a weird sound you might not want to eat it.
Oh, oh, oh this one time so this one time one time this you know what this one time this one-time. Oh my God this one time good podcast another question this week, my love also not voicemail little bit. That's fine. I listen losing battles. I don't fight it any longer this one comes from Eric in Ireland, and he asks us quite.
Simply. What's the most? Czar food, you've tried as you travel the world. That's a great question Eric. Thanks for asking. I'm Sheila D. And I am Evo Terra. We are Shiva. You are listening to this one time the podcast strange foods. Maybe I know this one you've got an answer wow great. I know I know, but I can't I don't remember what it's called.
I just remember eating it and when I saw it I went. That looks disgusting and it's in a weird container, okay, and oh, but I'm going to try it anyway. Well. That's the idea that bizarre food should look weird sometimes smell weird, but definitely look weird occasionally sound weird. And by sound weird I mean the name sounds weird if the food itself is making a weird sound.
You are great. You might not want to eat it now. Maybe if it's making a weird sound before it is actually slain. That's okay. We could talk about lobsters. Webster's ya as showing when they are in actually you know what lobsters really aren't screaming or even hissing don't that is sustained escaped exactly right breaking through the carapace. It's just it's just the noise of their insides boiling and then passing through their carapace make-up sound. Okay, we should get back to the question about this is my question Bizarre Foods ok so my bizarre food was when we were in Spain. Yes. We spent about three knows what at six weeks in Spain all over Spain from Galicia in the north to Costa Brava in the Western or Eastern side and then down in Majorca Island, which is only on Spain as much as -
If you haven't heard the news, we’re going to be grandparents in the next few months. So of course, the most important thing we have to decide is the names we want this new kid to call us.
Today on the program we’ll detail all the names we’ve considered, settling on a few we’d be happy with. We found a few lists of trendy names for grandparents, and a lot of them are just silly. Which we kinda like. Here are the ones what we’re considering, some more or less seriously than others:
Ace
Bama
Bebop
Bibi
Big Daddy
Biggie D
Bobo
Dabado
Dally
Faux Mau
G-Man
Gigi
Ginja
Gogo
Grandiose
Granette
Granite
Grammy
Khun bpoo
Khun yaa
Lala
M’dear
Mellowman
MoreDaddy
Nooni
NaNa
NotherMother
Panda
Pebbles
Rocky
Slick
But as we’ve no practical experience, we’re asking you, the listener, to chime in on our choices. Maybe you even have something in mind that keeps the special “ShEvo-ness” inside? Listen in and let us know in the comments.
You can ask us a question for a future show, and you can get on our fresh new Patreon page to support us the rest of the season and the next!
Ridiculous But Funny Computer-Automated Transcription Of This Audio If computers struggle with English, they really have a tough time with Thai. Luckily we didn't use much in this episode, so we probably didn't burn out PodcasterPro's logic board. But as usual, the results are quite funny. Read on and see if any of this makes sense. (Spoiler: it won't.)
00:00:00 Who trusts infants with any effect, let alone naming you that would will be called for the rest of your life. I don't think so. Oh, home one zero This one drawn us one this. No, this morning. This one siree. Oh my God. Just one time. The other question this week, my love, And this one comes from general by the name of net Banjul from Arizona. And he ask is very simple question. What's the one thing that might make us give up this life of living abroad and moved back to America? That's a great question. Nothing new thinks for asking, I'm She Ledee and I am Ibo Tara. We are Shiboh and you are listening to this one time, the podcast. If you haven't figured it out yet, people. And I don't know how you manage to do that, but I guess as possible, maybe you just consume this in podcast warm. I suppose that's pupils. No follow us. Not everybody Follows us. Nerve annual is Our son. He in you might have heard us referred to him has in Jhang. He is our kid and NJ didn't listen to a conversation I had with him some sixteen years ago. I think he did because otherwise he It would this would have happened a long time ago. That is true. How do you want to just quickly answer the question? And then we could get onto the rest of the program. Sure. In July, You're going to be really, really old And that's not your birthday greenery really, really old because you're going to be a grandfather. And that is the answer to the question. The only thing which would make us give up this life of traveling abroad.
00:02:03 Is have been grab marriage and I'm super excited. I'm getting super excited . I am certain learn that, so Yeah. So here's here's the deal kids I we're gonna be grandparents. Uh, which means we're moving back to America. So yeah, we're doing that. But instead of us talking about as moved back to America, what I thought we would do on the program today, my love is come to an agreement on a very important topic. Net very important topic is, how do we wish to be referred to as an additional generation above parent grandparents? I'm sure yours is wet Mac Daddy or something like that. Well, I have been giving it some thoughts on warming up to the idea. My family has a lilies. In my generation, We had a relatively street bore word naming Convention for four grandparents. Okay? Because like like, almost everyone out there listening, although certainly not everyone, but the vast... -
Listener Tiffany from Puerto Rico wants to know what we think about this racist, ignorant map that supposedly denotes how Americans really view the world. Now obviously, we don’t like it, and Tiffany wasn’t looking for us to confirm its accuracy. So we take it as a springboard to talk about the realities of terrible geographic knowledge that plagues American… and probably every other nationality.
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Crazy Computer Transcription Of The Audio We get a kick out of letting the PodcasterPro computer brain try to interpret our words every week. No, this isn't how transcripts of podcasting should be done, but it's funny!
00:00:00 We're he be get on a bus to do when they got up to go to Africa. What's wrong with you from rare year. You can take it. Oh, it's one tower. This one is one time. This is one on this one time. Oh my God, Just one time. You're going to be not question this week, my love from Tiffany, Paul, Reds, She writes, Hi, she though, And I'm not going to be Burrel. She says, Hi Shiboh. I recently saw a map on the Internet, which I have a close to this email message titled The world according to Americans. Since you are American world travelers, I would like to get your personal perspective of the map, especially These statements related to the countries you have already visited, looking forward to your response. Thank you very much. Tiffany Rama. Put the reco is where Tiffany is from now. Obviously, you can't see this map will put a link through the map in the show notes. So if you're listening, I'd just scroll down your lessening notes which should be in the app if not get a better podcast app and click on this map. That's a great question. Tiffany. Thanks for asking. I'm She lady And I am Ibo Tara. We are XIV. Oh, you are listening to this one time the podcast. Now this Map my love which the people listening right now should have pulled up on their phones. Yeah. Given his question was what about the commentary around the So I'll describe it because I know some of you were driving. Some of you are too lazy to follow instructions and click through do not offend our listeners. It's only the one person.
00:01:51 You know who you . So this is a map where Americans have like I guess it's two supposedly making fun of the fact that Americans don't know about things. So here's the one for Europe. For example, everything in the far eastern side of Europe and into Asia is called just Khamis. The area where Turkey is call Thanksgiving meal France's smelly people, England is just the word Mummy as a variety of things like that. If you go over to the Asian side of things that India is yoga, for example, You get the picture. You kinda get what this is all about the for some reason in South America, Brazil is listed as the Land of no pubis. I guess for a Brazilian waxes. The idea though, anyhow, This is the map in question my love and Tiffany would like to know how we feel about it in general. And also I think she's asking, Does do our experiences into some of these countries. We have been to match the expectation listed by the Americans. What do you think? Uh, I haven't checked South American. I've met several South Americans, K, but I have not check them. All right, I that's one half. Yes. So the spot would Thailand were Yes, Thailand. Thailand is here, and of course, Thailand is you're not not you shouldn't be teacher was raised on this map. It shows up as sex slaves, but it's not just Thailand. I mean it that they've got Thailand, They've got me in Maher And they've got Lau and Cambodia.
00:03:28 Yeah, All of that is mixed together just as one bigger area says sex-slave right above that is the People's Republic of China town. So this is not a nice map. No, it's not a nice map. And and I think that there there's more to those areas Thailand included than the sex slaves. There's so much more thing. I mean, we'll yes. Are you going to me and asked on this... -
Recorded live on location at Save Our Souls after probably too many beers, Evo goes on a tear about the English alphabet. What predicated this outrage/outburst? Learning the Thai alphabet, obviously.
(Don’t worry about the incorrect number of Thai consonants and vowels Evo says on the show. Did we mention he’d been drinking?)
Linguists probably won’t care much for this episode. But pragmatists, realists, and anyone who isn’t a native English speaker but has learned this goofy language will likely love it.
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00:00:00 The trick is not putting it all the way in. When we make I am not, you're going to respond to that. Paying l o one one draw as one this. No. What this morning? This one time. Oh my God, Just one time. The girls. So no question this week. Love. No. What I thought this, we are rapidly approaching the end of the fourth season of the show. This is episode out four hundred twenty six Glad though the or the foil, the 26th episode of the fourth season of this one time. Um. Um, I thought we can talk about. My hatred of the American Alphabet . And and when did you come to this realization? They hated the American Alphabet vis has come at the combination of living in Southeast Asia for two years and trying. With with poor results. To learn the Thai alphabet, which which makes a lot of sense. Okay, not so much on the American off that though. Before we jump into that, I should mention the fact we are sitting outside listener of the save our souls, our neighborhood craft beer place manned by the fantastic Q who just got married recently. Congratulations Q and we are recording here with only do the show live her. We can introduce ourselves get we probably should do that. I'm She lady And I am either terror. You are listening to this one time and we are Shiboh dammit. I did it backwards again. You know you've had a couple of beers now back to the original conversation. We were having My hatred of the American off that thanks in large part to my attempted study. Poor as it is of the Thai ask that you know the task but has like 74 characters in their teen vowels. And do you have the mall down pat 74.
00:02:08 Consonance and thirteen vows note or have her half of them. I don't have of his Horter with him down. You do a really good job of speaking an and attempting to read like your. You've got the speaking done pretty well. You've got the sounds and things like that. And I know you, you work on trying to read as we go through and see things senior printed on signs and stuff like that. So I've been super impressed. I am. I know nothing fix Emilia across the street from us. There is a sign that says, uh, the name of our road. And the name of the road we live on is Sharon a home. Yes, which is in American that spelled chair Row One Nakhon C H A R O and a big space in a knock-on far guys shares of I. Nick next bought next, but all right Hamdan. Okay by 30 not alive. So General Nicholson is build C H A R O eat in space in A K H O N. So that is what? Set one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten eleven letters per se, Gerenek home. And my my mouth jumbles at every time I go to say it to a taxi driver, Right? Right. So our our twelve letters, What are the number is a spelled out a knock-on in Thai is spelt with one two, three, four, five, six, seven, half the number of letters required, but they have more letters than we do 74 consonance and thirteen valet. But I wanna talk about the Thai-language. Okay. I want to talk about how much I hate the American Alphabet. Okay, keep going. So now I should start by saying, I don't have any problem with vowels.
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