10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAILAND (Told by a Thai)

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Things You didn't Know About Thailand. I received quite a lot of requests to talk about Thailand so in this video, I'm sharing some of the lesser known facts about Thailand. Majority of these are those not very talked about. A bit of Thai culture, Thai history and everything so enjoy!
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@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Me talking about Thailand for a change. Vodka and redbull anyone?

@fillipo1972 3 жыл бұрын

A massive favourite here. Red bull is apparently named because originally, the flavouring called Taurine, came from the stomach of a bull. Taurus the bull in astrology, and torro is Spanish for bull, I think.

@StagAtLarge Жыл бұрын

Mekong and Krating Daeng please !

@mrbutch308 5 ай бұрын

My "fun fact" about Thailand: the Thai word for cat is Miaou - the sound a cat makes! 😺

@Luckie666 3 жыл бұрын

Poppy, your English is better than many native speakers, it’s so beautiful !

@martasielska 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@jimemanuel1973 7 ай бұрын

In Thailand, the head is the most important part of the body. When giving a wai, never put your hands below your neck. The tips of the fingers should be at your lips or nose. Watch and see how others greet each other.

@kipponi 4 ай бұрын

62 dialects in Thailand just check it. Central thai most used. Isan is large too.

@user-xn1yb1el2y 4 ай бұрын

When we smile the world will smile with us.😊🙏🇹🇭

@pyndahvickers946 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always and very informative! I’m looking forward to hearing more.

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, ofcourse more to come!

@mommynuegam3732 3 жыл бұрын

Sawaddee kaaa! I’m Thai here so nice English accent!

@elliefox5275 2 жыл бұрын

Really interesting video. Thank you Poppy!

@jimdou4617 Жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation, thank you!

@martasielska 3 жыл бұрын

So helpful, thank you!

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

@greenmil43 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Poppy. I'm Thai. I'm learning English. l love the way you speak. I understand every single word. love this video. ขอบคุณค่าาา

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Gai, I'm glad you could understand stand everything and good luck with your journey in learning English. Practice makes it perfect 😁

@gradygordon9834 Жыл бұрын

Great information ! Thank you 🙏

@sunvaj6754 7 ай бұрын

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

@krish6128 2 жыл бұрын

really interesting, so many things I didn't know, thanks for sharing :)

@Onlinesully 2 жыл бұрын

Good clear discussion and thank you very much

@claygalster3393 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your work, and stlye. I was a Teacher in Korat.

@HipproSweetTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Love this ka ❤️❤️

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it. It was a fun one to make too 😁

@sudhiejackie847 7 ай бұрын

Thailand is a great country with wonderful culture 🙏❤️

@ellllllen Жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing~very interesting~

@emlynjessen2957 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your beautiful video and your delightful English accent. I know many of the facts you elucidated because I’m addicted to Thai Lakorns 🥰

@PoppyDontree Жыл бұрын

Haha brilliant!

@shylanight 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting facts @Poppydontree . I really enjoyed this video. You also got me intrigued with Sepak Tekraw. I'm going to Thailand in a few days and now I am searching to see where I could watch a live game in the country but I'm not finding much info on this. Any ideas?

@pj5517 3 жыл бұрын

Used to work in Bangkok, 15 years 'Lived in Buriram also. miss it

@brib6194 3 жыл бұрын

I am binge watching your videos, only one more to go. I mentioned the full name of Bangkok in one of your previous videos (which I only seen tonight), so thank you for covering it in this video. It would be great if you could throw in a few Thai words or phrases and there meanings in some of your videos, I am trying to learn some Thai but it is not easy.

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Yep I'm planning to do one where I teach a friend Thai. So far no one has agreed to it yet but it's definitely something I'm wanting to do :)

@billyroy7812 3 жыл бұрын

thailands defo at the top of my 'to travel to' list, also cudos for actually drawing se asia haha

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! As an artistically ungifted person, that drawing did take some effort 😅

@Joy-cx2wn Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! I was curious about the nicknames. When I watch Thai dramas with English subtitles, I was always curious why the actors had two names. Also, never heard Of Bangkok's real name and Sepak Takraw.

@markkukla165 3 жыл бұрын

Hi poppy, as always a very interesting and educational video with lots learnt about Thailand thank you so much, you are a pleasure to watch and your English is brilliant, also love the little snippets in your videos of you doing things that you are talking about, Red Bull and Vodka anyone ha ha ha very good, have always wanted to go to Thailand but unfortunately have never been, maybe one day but not in the foreseeable future with all that is going on at the moment, keep up the good work and stay safe.

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, thanks for watching! Me too, I'm looking forward to when things are back to normal so I can spend a few weeks there 😊

@Knowthyself333 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Very interesting video. I wonder if the formula for Red Bull has changed?

@nielsherbert 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video very charming performed - and with a big SMILE....

@aidenrandall9279 2 жыл бұрын

I have a friend from thailand who was an exchange student in America basically I was friends with someone from the host family. Her nickname is gun and her real first name is phatcharakan.

@user-hu8zq4tu8j 2 жыл бұрын

its good video!

@thaiwithpiroon1779 3 жыл бұрын

Hi k.Poppy, I like all your videos. I am a Thai living in the UK too. Sa-wad -dii ka:-)

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Sa-wad-dii ka K.Piroon thanks a lot for stopping by and glad you enjoyed the videos!

@simplysrilankancooking6983 3 жыл бұрын

Nice videos dear really good.given you 3 likes

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Just checked your channel you got some good recipes there 😊

@simplysrilankancooking6983 3 жыл бұрын

Poppy Dontree Thank u so much for chacking

@JinxTravel 3 жыл бұрын

Thats crazy on the name for Bangkok lol. I only knew the Redbull one. Great video very interesting.

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

I know haha I'm going to make Glen practice it 🤭

@seesungsee 25 күн бұрын

I wish I could speak English as clear as you Poppy. I was in England once , I loved eating beans on toast , have you tried it?

@catcancrunch7260 2 жыл бұрын

The main country that I would love very much to visit is Thailand 🇹🇭 the indigenous people seem so respectful and friendly it’s almost hypnotic for me and a more than welcomed change from the uk 🇬🇧.Poppy you also have that beautiful reserved sweet dna that represents Thailand love and respect to you ❤️

@PoppyDontree 2 жыл бұрын

That's so kind, thanks!

@Huestreets 5 ай бұрын

@@PoppyDontreehave you ever heard of a KZfaq channel called Zoom to Thailand?

@TrippyMindWaves Жыл бұрын

I’m seriously considering moving to Thailand

@shadmo8629 Жыл бұрын

Luv your accent

@neiljones4793 Жыл бұрын

My wife told me a few of these and we are in England also

@user-ll7jl1ur4z 10 ай бұрын

Good to learn simple courtesy before visiting Thailand. Thanks for posting. Do you teach farangs to speak Thai by any chance ? With your command of English you would be a great help to ppl needing a bit of direction. 😊

@mixalis6168 Жыл бұрын

My southern Thai family speak south, it’s totally different to central Thai as you call it..

@robertmaddelena7890 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Poppy. I actually learned new facts about Thailand Thanks. I am a American but one day want to retire in Asia. Thanks

@verykeen2please 3 жыл бұрын

also with the C virus the Wai is a good none contact greeting - Different Wai style's too for greater respect levels

@rurinkie 3 жыл бұрын

วันนี้แต่งตัวสวยขึ้นคะ🤗

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

55 ตั้งใจ เผอิญวันนั้นเกิดอารมอยากสวย

@RobFomenko 11 күн бұрын

Well, I learned a few more things about Thailand and that is great. I'm moving there in 2 weeks. Bangkok will be my place of abode until something better comes up. I agree I would not go to Pattaya for a living but many expats like that. To each his own I guess. There is no perfect place, but Thailand comes very very close.

@verykeen2please 3 жыл бұрын

very good i know a reasonable amount, but didn't know it was called Tom Yang Kung" crisis But i do need some thai soup on this cooler day

@antonlindberg6230 2 жыл бұрын

Im from thailand but i cant speak thai but i can speak swedish and english

@PAP888 Жыл бұрын

Its crazy I was just watching a video and said I don’t want to watch a video about my people from a white man I want someone who’s thai and then your video popped up next 😂. My grandma came to america from a village that is now a part of bangkok and I barely know anything about my culture and all of a sudden I just have this urge to learn and appreciate the culture that is a part of me.

@PoppyDontree Жыл бұрын

I had the same happened to me many times, I feel like somehow the internet algorithms can read our mind :)

@PAP888 Жыл бұрын

@@PoppyDontree the internet is ab internal network of our consciousnesses but they don’t tell you that they just say it’s the algorithm. Its all AI sis❤️ thank you for this video and do you have anywhere you would recommend for me to look for stuff like this?

@yeagereren 3 жыл бұрын

Pliiz i need the best name thailand

@kippsguitar6539 3 жыл бұрын

sad to know its not well known that Thailand was called siam and never colonized, I thought it was well known, certainly at my school we learnt that, BTW the Asian financial crisis, you said we only got 40 baht to a pound, you seem to have misunderstood the currency affect of a financial crisis, it causes the currency in question depreciate NOT go up, I don't think Thais smile these days as they did on my first visit in 1990 and have become less friendly as the wealth has increased. interesting video and well presented

@renjisama4630 3 жыл бұрын

You are so beautiful !!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Aw thanks, you are so kind

@renjisama4630 3 жыл бұрын

@@PoppyDontree am just telling the true

@sayajinmamuang Ай бұрын

Siam is a better name imo

@kurniaramadhan8774 22 сағат бұрын

what a British accent

@chrispoynter3297 3 жыл бұрын

How did you learn English so well? Your accent is virtually gone and the English words you use are perfectly correct

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris, it's mostly self taught. I started learning English at school a bit late but at the time that happened, I started listening to international music and learned prononciation from the lyrics. Was all just for fun, didn't think it'd benefit me later on in life.

@canlale5733 Жыл бұрын

Which part of thailand r u from?

@PoppyDontree Жыл бұрын

I was born in Lampang but moved to Bangkok since I was little

@canlale5733 Жыл бұрын

@@PoppyDontree lanna

@PoppyDontree Жыл бұрын

@@canlale5733 yep!

@mrsmith3554 2 жыл бұрын

นางสวยมาก

@PoppyDontree 2 жыл бұрын

🙏

@andrewricketts 3 жыл бұрын

Lucky husband

@hongng3963 Жыл бұрын

Does yr school teacher call u by yr nickname or official name

@PoppyDontree Жыл бұрын

My official name actually

@disharao4030 9 ай бұрын

Can u teach thai

@Ned88Man 6 ай бұрын

They aren't "dialects". they are their own languages. To say that "Isan" is a dialect of Thai, is linguistically incorrect. It is actually a dialect of Lao. I don't know if the Thai government goes out of their way to try and make it seem otherwise, but this is the case.

@Beejay950 3 жыл бұрын

There's a similar thing to wai in the Philippines, where a child, for example, will take their parents hand and touch it to their forehead.

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a lovely and respectable tradition 😊

@Alan_Mac 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's nice. Also, nicknames in Philippines are important - though I'm not sure they are given at birth.

@ionutalinbucur2006 3 жыл бұрын

I've been to Thailand 5 times jn the last 3 years, I should go this year too, but because of corona virus is impossible. very beautiful country and nice people . For future visitors: stay away from pattaya 😆😆

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Completely agreed re Pattaya.

@fillipo1972 3 жыл бұрын

Can you elaborate? What is the issue with pattaya?

@ionutalinbucur2006 3 жыл бұрын

@@fillipo1972 prostitution everywhere 😆

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

@@fillipo1972 Plus in the old days, it used to be a place for Thais living in Bangkok to visit for a beach weekend away. Now the beaches are ruined, all you left with is what @Ionut alin Bucur had said and everything being overpriced.

@pj5517 3 жыл бұрын

and Khao Sarn rd....hate it

@Wonderwall36 Жыл бұрын

You thought smiling was normal... until you lived in the West.;-)

@yadong8037 2 жыл бұрын

Why do all kids in Thailand learn english but almost nobody can speak it? Why kids in Thailand are not allowed to have questions in school? Why they learn that 2+2=4 but not the reason for that?

@PoppyDontree 2 жыл бұрын

Because the education system there does not work. They are teaching kids to memorise but not practice or to grasp true understanding, questioning/doubting = disrespect. It needs a total revamp.

@yadong8037 2 жыл бұрын

@@PoppyDontree thank you for your honest answer. I absolute agree with you. Have a nice sunday, khrap!

@PoppyDontree 2 жыл бұрын

@@yadong8037 Same to you Kha 😊

@keekwai2 Жыл бұрын

There wasn' anything I didn't know.

@user-wn3yt4qo9d 2 жыл бұрын

I find out that it's kind of similar to India "Wai" or "Namaste" but yea meaning are different

@spooky2116 3 жыл бұрын

I love Thailand and have travelled all over your beautiful country. I also love the people there. Was just about to subscribe until I read your comment on Pattaya. Seems strange to me that a Thai person would be advising people not to visit parts of their country?

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Always love to hear someone enjoys the time travelling in Thailanf. Some people like Pattaya and some doesn't, each to their own. I used to go to a university not too far from Pattaya and spent many weekends there. For me, it's just not the place I would recommend tourists to go if they want to see the real Thailand and Thai culture. You go to foodcourt in Central Pattaya for example and the first language on the food menu isn't even Thai (either Russian or English can't remember exactly).

@Wonderwall36 Жыл бұрын

Wow, a beautiful accent from a beautiful girl. Poppy my little Poppy....

@Blazjul 7 ай бұрын

Creepy…

@knight15955 3 жыл бұрын

love your top, but สาระมากไปนิส

@PoppyDontree 3 жыл бұрын

Think I'm a nerd 🤓

@doomd1816 Жыл бұрын

They did get colonized 1. The rich people in their own country turned the lower classes into slaves 2. Japan during ww2 3. America during the cold war

@keekwai2 6 ай бұрын

Thais have nicknames because up until the reign of Rama 4 thats all they had.,They also walked around half naked and ate with their hands. Rama 4 was the king who wanted to "modernise"" Thailand (Siam) and introduced surnames and more extravagant first names.. He also ordered all citizens to stop being half naked (the posters still exist):and introduced eating with a spoon and fork by copying the utensils used by the French over in Cambodia.

@keekwai2 6 ай бұрын

Thailand is called the Land of Smiles because there is Dental Clinic on every corner. Most Asian countries are full of smiling people though.

@sayajinmamuang Ай бұрын

Its all a cover up

@keekwai2 6 ай бұрын

Thailand was not colonized because the British on the West side and the French on the East side both agreed NOT to colonise Thailand and use it as a "buffer zone" between the two of them instead. Also, the French we're offered half of Chanthaburi Province in exchange for not colonizing. Later, the French gave it back. French Military Barracks and the infamous "Chicken Shit Prison" the French built still stand in Chanthaburi. None of this is in Thai school books of course..I worked as a teacher in Thailand for 12 years, can read Thai and could find no mention of this in any text books from Prathom 1 -6