monosyllabic fun

it doesn't seem like learning thai language would be the most useful thing ever, not unless you're in my specific situation of living in a very non-westernized town in the middle of Thailand.
but in fact, learning thai is an excellent idea if only for the fact that you get to say some of the most hilarious and ridiculous things ever, and what's more, it only takes one syllable to make it sweet.

For example:

in thai, to say "I want that", simply say ow.

to express that you like something, you say chop.

to say "I can do that!", you say die. (this is one of the best. because if someone asks "can I have a bite of your apple?" you get to tell them to cease to live.)

to say that you have something in your posession, you holla me.

and finally, though kind of unrelated to the rest of this- thai people call a dictionary a dick. So when I asked my kids to write down what they wanted for Christmas, one girl wrote, "a talking dick".