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Tag: No-soul

No “I” in Thai

Posted on January 21, 2009January 22, 2009 by Chris Barclay

As I pick up bits and pieces of the Thai language each day, I’ve found that the Thai people have a unique way of talking about themselves: they omit the “I” and refer to themselves in the 3rd person. This is the first time I’ve encountered this kind of disassociation in a language and made […]

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