I’m Thai-American, born and raise in the states. Watching these white guys speaking Thai so perfectly, especially Chris, a person who is truly native is so healing in so many ways I’m not sure I can truly articulate. Fantastic content!!
I’m jealous! I’m Aussie at 70 years and have moved here permanently last year. I love Thailand. I love Australia. Only wish I had seen Thailand when I was younger. It’s a Beautiful country and it has beautiful people, not all of them of course, but that’s life. Great interview.
Your body movements and demeanor change when you switch between Thai and English. People noticed that about me also even tho I am Thai but spent most of my life abroad. This was a super fun interview to watch :)
ฟังบทสัมภาษณ์คุณ Chris....ประทับใจกับวิธีคิด การมองโลกและสิ่งแวดล้อมรอบตัว..หล่อหลอมคุณChrisให้เป็นคนมีวุฒิภาวะเกินวัยวุฒิแห่งตน....ชื่นชม from the bottom of my heart..หวังเป็นอย่างยิ่งว่าคนที่ได้ฟังคุณ Chris จะได้แรงบันดาลใจไปปรับใช้กับชีวิตค่ะ
It was great to see Chris back. His instinctive attitude for both cultures is very impressive. He doesn’t spend time worrying about either as he moves between two different countries. It’s really quite a gift.
You guys are a true inspiration. My daughter five just started Thai primary school May 2022. She's half Thai and didn't speak a word of Thai. Yesterday on our way home from school she started talking to her Thai mum in Thai after 8 months. I was a proud dad. Cheers guys best You Tube vlog of the year. Felt like a long year you've given me faith. My daughter Anna loves love the school and teachers
Your daughter will do fine bro. I am a single dad in isaan and my kids go to local school and speak 3 language- English, Thai and isaan. English with me, Thai at school, isaan with grandparents.
Children's Brains are wired for language better, I'm from India but my mom was from Nepal. I bounced around 3 different regions and also Nepal till I was 11 years old so almost every 2 years I had to learn a different language or dialect. I remember at 6 being in an Indian boarding school and one teacher assigning me a buddy because I spoke English and India's mains language Hindi but the buddy spoke only Hindi and his regional dialect ( Bhojpuri) the boarding school was in North east of India ( shillong ) where locals spoke their own languages. I think it was just 3 months and he was speaking English well enough , for about a month we use to be inseparable and I spoke only in Hindi with him but I remember telling him the English word for a lot of things. fast forward next year and I found myself in the capital of Nepal ( Kathmandu) and I remember on the second day my aunt and dad had sat me down and explained that I was in another country with a different language called Nepali. My dad teaching my my first few words. I clearly remember that after 6 months someone made a comment that we ( my sister and I ) speak more fluently than my Dad, ( my dad was from India ) seems adults pick up slow and have problems with pronunciations. By 2 years we were almost his translators whenever we went out. There are lot of permutations and combination. I'm 42 now and have been in a relationships with a Thai lady for 8 years. Also for the past 10 years I have moved to another state and region of India but I never picked up the local language, I understand it but as I don't need to use it professionally I found no use to actively seek it. also I have really not picked up Thai at all just a few words. I've been meaning to take it seriously to read and write it but I think at my age I'll be just like my Dad with Thai as he was to Nepali lol.
Unless your son has a native understanding and use of grammar in the English language, I would recommend keep taking speech or whatever program that is offered at school.
@@t.q.6639Of course, his son is probably a small kid. My daughter was 4 when I moved to Australia. It took her only a couple years to speak English fluently with perfect Australian accent☝️
One explanation for the 'personality' change between the two languages, I think it's associated with the cultures of the people speaking the language. Thai people are normally more laid back in a way that is more playful and therefore when speaking Thai it would be natural to seem more playful in a way of speaking. I find it also with tonal languages that the way of expressing oneself is also that of a more child like way of speech as you need to go into higher ranges of speech often. Once a certain level of proficiency is achieved, I believe that the natural response system kicks in and we match the culture and feel of the atmosphere of speech. This is how I see it from my experience. I live in Hong Kong and my 'personality' changes in a very similar way at times as Hong Kongers can also be quite playful and immature in a good way when speaking. Great video and channel Paddy Thai -- I will be in BKK in early April and hope to see you on the street and you can give me some tips for my Thai learning. haha
Yes child like. I lived in mainland China and learned some Mandarin. Baba gege jiejie didi are all family member names and it sounds like baby talk in English when you repeat the same syllable twice. I use to have great fun with the language often making the Chinese laugh
What a genuine display of how he integrated and adapted to a new country, language and culture! Awesome content! Keep up the work. 20 million more views soon 🎉
I am a Singaporean and had been to Thailand yearly for more than 30+ years. My guy farmer friend is from Issan, Nakhon Phanom and sponsored his son to the Rangsit University, Bangkok now. (Co-incidentally, this video was also film near Rangsit University) Life unexpectedly can become more fulfilling when one knows another culture & language. Very glad to see your video & life in Thailand. I speak Thai fluently now. A little of Issan language too. Thanks for the video. 🙏
@@a88888888a Sorry, just see your comment. I visited my friend yearly. Guess I learn from that. When the interest is there one learn faster. I still remember initially, the thai teacher, in Singapore ask, ‘Have you eaten’…and I don’t understand. When one has the interest to learn another language, one can learn sooner or later. I am still in Singapore. Thailand 🇹🇭 is nearby, no need to ‘retire’ there. Unlike Westerners, all we need is 2 hrs by plane to reach there. Singaporean can have 30 days there and extend another 30. Last dec-jan was 45 days. p.s. You can visit my friend’s/my place at Nakhon Phanom if you want to…free of charge. Padi fields, sun rise, sun sets, and all that..
Singaporean is just a messed up identity conflicts. Y'all don't know whether ur British subjects descendants or a freaking Chinese identity. Even when speaking English, typical Filipino speaks better standardised English than BS slang-ish Manglish practised in Singapore. I studied your country's history, if the Maley-majority people were to act like Bamar-majority after they gained Independence for their British Burma(now Myanmar 🇲🇲), they expelled every single immigrants even when the foreign people(Chinese n Tamils) brought by the British already equals with the native population but still mass expulsions happened. But as for Singapore, you have some Maley leader merely sacrificed their own Maley native island for immigrants who dun wanna integrate into local dominant Southeast Asian native culture instead of expelled/force assimilate them to their ancestral home or into local dominant native culture. Bamar people of Myanmar did it n British/China/India at that time were dissatisfied to receive their people back but they can't do a thing cuz all countries eventually will gained Independence through decolonisation period n it's bloody Southeast Asian natives region of Thai-Maley-Bamar-Filipino-Indo people at that time so they can't do much. If U wanna talk bout my country, Thailand, no need . Cuz my country never get colonised by Western power n we have bunch of Thai people with Chinese blood but since their grandparents get force assimilated, they are now fully one of us like the white people in this vid. The way they speak, think, aspiration, culture same like us. One Thai people with 1 unified authentically embedded in heart Thai love. Singapore, what are you? English? Chinese? Tamil? Maley? Three of them are foreign to ASEAN, only 1 of them is native of Southeast Asian region.
This was fascinating, as an Aussie who doesn’t speak a lick of Thai & unfortunately hasn’t been yet. That video from 3 years ago gives goosebumps. I love those moments of “oh shittt!” When you see two strangers connect over a shared culture. I had a somewhat similar experience of language learning. I became friends with a kid who just happened to be Deaf, and by end of the year I was fluent. There’s no chance now that I could learn with the ease I did as a kid. Also, the long hair looks fantastic on him! Such a cool dude with a cool vibe, and a great conversation.
That was a really good interview. What a great guy Chris is. A wonderful ambassador for Australia (and Thailand) and an excellent role model for the younger generation. Wishing him many successes in the coming years.
Aaah! I remember this dude from years ago! my Thai friends told me he was famous when i show them the video back then, happy to see him back on the channel😎
Really like Chris, especially when he defended Thailand about the misunderstanding. Wish him successful in his goal and hope you visit and interview him again in future.
Hi Chris (บักหล่าคิด) thanks for being straightforward and speak up for us; Thai. No body could explain ours;Thai and yours;Australian or other foreigners in the way they think about Thailand as good as you are, because you experienced and grew up in Thai in such a rural area without being a mixed-race kid in a Thai family like others, but ur were here by chance, so it's very rare to happen in this case. For me I think this point can turn out ur life in the future if u want to do a RUclips channel u can represent Thailand in the way others can not do and a very special way. Thanks again for speaking up about Thailand to foreigners' sight. So that's how they want to explore more about Thailand and we as a Thai ''Welcome to Thailand a land of smile" come here have a rest and relax and enjoy your time and don't forget to respect our people and our land too. Thank u again บักหล่าคิด ตัวแทนหมู่บ้าน :=)
I'm indonesian, but i can speaking english and malaysian fluently, and now i i'm start to learning thailand language, because i went to go there for my vocation, i llke thailand, apriciate the culture
My parents went to Belize in Central America on September 1969 and I grew up there. Went to local schools and grew up Belizean with no contact with Canada for most of my life. It was great.
Great video, I think you should do a longer interview maybe 20 or 30 minutes video Break it down to 15 minutes video.Part 1 and Part 2. I am interested to hear Chris Chaffe insight on Thailand culture and custom. I assume he graduate from Thailand High School. In conclusion Paddy do a second interview due to popular demand !
Nice interview! But is it only my impression or does this guy look completely different than 3 yrs ago? And gives totally different vibe than 3 yrs ago?
Wow I ve also lived in Thailand since I was 8 years old, wish I met more people like this guy but it is indeed very rare! Awesome interview and makes me feel less alone.
Why, thanks Maricel. I moved to Australia at the age of 7 and speak English fluently. Dunno if there's much of a market for that in terms of RUclips content though. :(
Hi Sawade Kap 🙏🏻 A real beautiful interview really enjoyed it i need to seriously learn more Thai language. A very intelligent young man made a great life much respect. 🙏🏻 Best regards from Samut Prakarn. 🙏🏻✊🏻
OMG, I am pretty good at identifying the accent of the person's origin, but this Aussie/Thai completely fooled me if I were to close my eyes and listen to him speak Thai central & Isaan dialect. Good on him. 😀👍
Hey Chris I’m from Logan Reserve now living in Thailand and I was showing my wife your utube with patty and she showed me your movie in Thailand and said your a superstar
@@ThaiTalkwithPaddyYou Paddy speaking with Chris is pure gold content for me. I've looked at this video and the other (3 years back) several times because it makes me happy😊. Greeting from Sweden🌤🇸🇪🙏
ah ok Im watching this now.....the full story! Thanks Paddy and Guest! The subtitles help me so much to double check and connect the familiar Thai words with thier English translation. Have a happy day! Thanks for making these videos!
So happy you got him back. I remember the original video. He is right though, you are like me, you want the best of both worlds, A$ & Thai life? I have only just got it now. I'm back in BKK 4 weeks for 3 months. Happy to buy you coffee, or something stronger if you fancy some good conversation? Keep up the great work, Thank you, Tony
Chris should blog about life in Thailand, too. He could say a lot of interesting things, given the degree to which he is integrated into the local environment.
Great interview Paddy! It's amazing to learn a new language. And it's true that switching between languages also carries another variation of one's personality. I can speak German, Spanish, English & enough Thai. And I've noticed in myself, in a scale of seriousness carried in each of those languages, I would say; Thai is the most layback language, secondly, English, thirdly Spanish and lastly German at the highest level of seriousness. Keep up the great content!
Very cool, my favorite parts of visiting Thailand was getting away from the tourist areas which is harder to do if you want to see some sites and have a short amount of time.
Longer hair than last saw! As a Thai, I adore Farang who can speak Thai as my Irish husband of forty six years can only say five words 🙄 Chris such a pleasant chap who also shows respect for his adopted second home. Thoroughly enjoyed the vlogging, Paddy 🙏
But fairly i have to say that many thais who are working in tourist areas in thailand since years cant also say not more than 5 words in english.And english is the world language and probably much easier to learn than thai.
Understand the dual personality thing. If my Thai friends ever hear me speak English they always say I sound like a different person. More mature and ‘manly’, less jokey. Guess my voice goes up a few octaves to hit those tones when speaking Thai. Great content guys.
It is because the language too my friend in my opinion that’s made us always laugh like a stupid kid all the time because I’m a Thai been living in another country before and now have a lot of foreigner friends and I found a lot of stress when using English because I know it’s made me sounds like another person and kind of bored and stress man😂😂
I think that's very common especially when it's two languages that aren't closely related and have very different sounds. I don't notice it as much with people who speak like English and German because they are from the same language family and even either of these two and Spanish for example is also not that far off
I like the part where he talked about a shift in personality out of language he uses. I somehow can relate it as someone who use English only at work/study. My friends once said that I do look more matured and polite when using English, while it’s obviously the opposite in my native tongue. 😂😂
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I’m Thai-American, born and raise in the states. Watching these white guys speaking Thai so perfectly, especially Chris, a person who is truly native is so healing in so many ways I’m not sure I can truly articulate. Fantastic content!!
And you also an Army too!! 💜💜💜
I am 100% thai and don't speak Thai 555
I’m jealous! I’m Aussie at 70 years and have moved here permanently last year. I love Thailand. I love Australia. Only wish I had seen Thailand when I was younger. It’s a Beautiful country and it has beautiful people, not all of them of course, but that’s life. Great interview.
Nong Chris is our 100% Isaan boy. Glad to see him doing well. Best wishes always for Nong Chris!!!
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Welcome krab
Chris is so Thai.
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Your body movements and demeanor change when you switch between Thai and English. People noticed that about me also even tho I am Thai but spent most of my life abroad. This was a super fun interview to watch :)
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ฟังบทสัมภาษณ์คุณ Chris....ประทับใจกับวิธีคิด การมองโลกและสิ่งแวดล้อมรอบตัว..หล่อหลอมคุณChrisให้เป็นคนมีวุฒิภาวะเกินวัยวุฒิแห่งตน....ชื่นชม from the bottom of my heart..หวังเป็นอย่างยิ่งว่าคนที่ได้ฟังคุณ Chris จะได้แรงบันดาลใจไปปรับใช้กับชีวิตค่ะ
เปิดดูคลิปครั้งแรกตกใจมาก เอ๊ะเราหูฝาดไปรึเปล่า ทำไมฝรั่งคนนี้พูดไทยชัดจัง ถ้าไม่เห็นหน้าต้องคิดว่าเป็นคนไทยแน่ๆ ประเทศไทยยินดีต้อนรับนะคะ❤❤❤❤
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It was great to see Chris back. His instinctive attitude for both cultures is very impressive. He doesn’t spend time worrying about either as he moves between two different countries. It’s really quite a gift.
You guys are a true inspiration. My daughter five just started Thai primary school May 2022. She's half Thai and didn't speak a word of Thai. Yesterday on our way home from school she started talking to her Thai mum in Thai after 8 months. I was a proud dad. Cheers guys best You Tube vlog of the year. Felt like a long year you've given me faith. My daughter Anna loves love the school and teachers
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Your daughter will do fine bro. I am a single dad in isaan and my kids go to local school and speak 3 language- English, Thai and isaan. English with me, Thai at school, isaan with grandparents.
@@emptyemptiness8372 thank you for your kind comment.
Children's Brains are wired for language better, I'm from India but my mom was from Nepal. I bounced around 3 different regions and also Nepal till I was 11 years old so almost every 2 years I had to learn a different language or dialect. I remember at 6 being in an Indian boarding school and one teacher assigning me a buddy because I spoke English and India's mains language Hindi but the buddy spoke only Hindi and his regional dialect ( Bhojpuri) the boarding school was in North east of India ( shillong ) where locals spoke their own languages. I think it was just 3 months and he was speaking English well enough , for about a month we use to be inseparable and I spoke only in Hindi with him but I remember telling him the English word for a lot of things. fast forward next year and I found myself in the capital of Nepal ( Kathmandu) and I remember on the second day my aunt and dad had sat me down and explained that I was in another country with a different language called Nepali. My dad teaching my my first few words. I clearly remember that after 6 months someone made a comment that we ( my sister and I ) speak more fluently than my Dad, ( my dad was from India ) seems adults pick up slow and have problems with pronunciations. By 2 years we were almost his translators whenever we went out. There are lot of permutations and combination. I'm 42 now and have been in a relationships with a Thai lady for 8 years. Also for the past 10 years I have moved to another state and region of India but I never picked up the local language, I understand it but as I don't need to use it professionally I found no use to actively seek it. also I have really not picked up Thai at all just a few words. I've been meaning to take it seriously to read and write it but I think at my age I'll be just like my Dad with Thai as he was to Nepali lol.
ผมขอเป็นกำลังใจให้พี่อยู่ประเทศนี้นานๆนะครับ😁 love from Thailand 🇹🇭
My Thai son became fluent in English in 1.5 years living in America. He now has straight A's and doesn't do the special English classes anymore.
Unless your son has a native understanding and use of grammar in the English language, I would recommend keep taking speech or whatever program that is offered at school.
@@t.q.6639 He's obviously a small kid
@@t.q.6639Of course, his son is probably a small kid. My daughter was 4 when I moved to Australia. It took her only a couple years to speak English fluently with perfect Australian accent☝️
Great Video Paddy....and he hasn’t lost that distinct Aussie accent.
Great great interview mate
One explanation for the 'personality' change between the two languages, I think it's associated with the cultures of the people speaking the language.
Thai people are normally more laid back in a way that is more playful and therefore when speaking Thai it would be natural to seem more playful in a way of speaking. I find it also with tonal languages that the way of expressing oneself is also that of a more child like way of speech as you need to go into higher ranges of speech often.
Once a certain level of proficiency is achieved, I believe that the natural response system kicks in and we match the culture and feel of the atmosphere of speech. This is how I see it from my experience. I live in Hong Kong and my 'personality' changes in a very similar way at times as Hong Kongers can also be quite playful and immature in a good way when speaking.
Great video and channel Paddy Thai -- I will be in BKK in early April and hope to see you on the street and you can give me some tips for my Thai learning. haha
Yes child like. I lived in mainland China and learned some Mandarin. Baba gege jiejie didi are all family member names and it sounds like baby talk in English when you repeat the same syllable twice. I use to have great fun with the language often making the Chinese laugh
What a genuine display of how he integrated and adapted to a new country, language and culture! Awesome content! Keep up the work. 20 million more views soon 🎉
Thanks a heap for watching Mike!
Nong Chris is our 100% Isaan boy. Glad to see him doing well. Best wishes always for Nong Chris!!!
Yep but still Visa issues for work.. ...
do you get my point of view?
@@jurgschupbach3059 Where do you go you don't a work permit if not your own country?
Whats his you tube channel? Trying to learn some Essan and love to see more about life up there.
คุณสมคริส พูดชัดทุกสำเนียงจริง😮 ตกใจเลย และ ถ้าโตที่อีสานจาก20 ปีที่แล้วจะเห็นได้ชัดว่า คนต่างจังหวัดใจดีมากๆค่ะ 😊 เหมือนญาติพี่น้องกันทั้งหมู่บ้าน แต่สมัยนี้อาจจะต่างคน ต่างอยู่
Love it love it love it! Chris if you ever come to Koh Lanta, I would love to interview you!
I am a Singaporean and had been to Thailand yearly for more than 30+ years.
My guy farmer friend is from Issan, Nakhon Phanom and sponsored his son to the Rangsit University, Bangkok now.
(Co-incidentally, this video was also film near Rangsit University)
Life unexpectedly can become more fulfilling when one knows another culture & language.
Very glad to see your video & life in Thailand.
I speak Thai fluently now. A little of Issan language too.
Thanks for the video. 🙏
How long did it take you to learn Thai?
Why did you leave sg for th? I'm just curious as I'm considering a similar transition 🙏
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Sorry, just see your comment.
I visited my friend yearly. Guess I learn from that. When the interest is there one learn faster.
I still remember initially, the thai teacher, in Singapore ask,
‘Have you eaten’…and I don’t understand.
When one has the interest to learn another language, one can learn sooner or later.
I am still in Singapore.
Thailand 🇹🇭 is nearby, no need to ‘retire’ there. Unlike Westerners, all we need is 2 hrs by plane to reach there. Singaporean can have 30 days there and extend another 30.
Last dec-jan was 45 days.
p.s. You can visit my friend’s/my place at Nakhon Phanom if you want to…free of charge.
Padi fields, sun rise, sun sets, and all that..
Singaporean is just a messed up identity conflicts. Y'all don't know whether ur British subjects descendants or a freaking Chinese identity. Even when speaking English, typical Filipino speaks better standardised English than BS slang-ish Manglish practised in Singapore. I studied your country's history, if the Maley-majority people were to act like Bamar-majority after they gained Independence for their British Burma(now Myanmar 🇲🇲), they expelled every single immigrants even when the foreign people(Chinese n Tamils) brought by the British already equals with the native population but still mass expulsions happened. But as for Singapore, you have some Maley leader merely sacrificed their own Maley native island for immigrants who dun wanna integrate into local dominant Southeast Asian native culture instead of expelled/force assimilate them to their ancestral home or into local dominant native culture. Bamar people of Myanmar did it n British/China/India at that time were dissatisfied to receive their people back but they can't do a thing cuz all countries eventually will gained Independence through decolonisation period n it's bloody Southeast Asian natives region of Thai-Maley-Bamar-Filipino-Indo people at that time so they can't do much. If U wanna talk bout my country, Thailand, no need . Cuz my country never get colonised by Western power n we have bunch of Thai people with Chinese blood but since their grandparents get force assimilated, they are now fully one of us like the white people in this vid. The way they speak, think, aspiration, culture same like us. One Thai people with 1 unified authentically embedded in heart Thai love. Singapore, what are you? English? Chinese? Tamil? Maley? Three of them are foreign to ASEAN, only 1 of them is native of Southeast Asian region.
I really like how you carried the conversation in both Thai and English so the audiences can learn both at the same time. Keep up the good work!
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This was fascinating, as an Aussie who doesn’t speak a lick of Thai & unfortunately hasn’t been yet. That video from 3 years ago gives goosebumps. I love those moments of “oh shittt!” When you see two strangers connect over a shared culture.
I had a somewhat similar experience of language learning. I became friends with a kid who just happened to be Deaf, and by end of the year I was fluent. There’s no chance now that I could learn with the ease I did as a kid.
Also, the long hair looks fantastic on him!
Such a cool dude with a cool vibe, and a great conversation.
That was a really good interview. What a great guy Chris is. A wonderful ambassador for Australia (and Thailand) and an excellent role model for the younger generation. Wishing him many successes in the coming years.
Aaah! I remember this dude from years ago! my Thai friends told me he was famous when i show them the video back then, happy to see him back on the channel😎
พูดไทยชัดมากกกก เข้าใจวัฒนธรรมของเราด้วย ขอบคุณมากคะ อยู่กันนานๆ นะคะ 😊
Really like Chris, especially when he defended Thailand about the misunderstanding. Wish him successful in his goal and hope you visit and interview him again in future.
I'm so jealous of your experience. I left Laos at 7 and been stuck in America.😢 Thank you for living out my life for me in Essan.❤
Great to see Chris again in this video. What a cool guy.
Hi Chris (บักหล่าคิด) thanks for being straightforward and speak up for us; Thai. No body could explain ours;Thai and yours;Australian or other foreigners in the way they think about Thailand as good as you are, because you experienced and grew up in Thai in such a rural area without being a mixed-race kid in a Thai family like others, but ur were here by chance, so it's very rare to happen in this case. For me I think this point can turn out ur life in the future if u want to do a RUclips channel u can represent Thailand in the way others can not do and a very special way. Thanks again for speaking up about Thailand to foreigners' sight. So that's how they want to explore more about Thailand and we as a Thai ''Welcome to Thailand a land of smile" come here have a rest and relax and enjoy your time and don't forget to respect our people and our land too. Thank u again บักหล่าคิด ตัวแทนหมู่บ้าน :=)
I love this guy he seems wise and chill also I wish I could read write and speak Thai as well as he does
Thank you Paddy for the interview. Very proper and intelligent young man.
I got my TEFL cert and first teaching job in Mueang Phon - the Isan region. What a great interview!
Love this video Miss you guys!
Miss you too legend ❤️
Great video Paddy. Keep it up .Chris has changed so much from the last time I saw him in your previous video.
You are right he seems fit & firm, overall he looks better.
Paddy พูดไทยชัดขึ้นอย่างเห็นได้ชัดเลยนะครับ การออกเสียง สำเนียงดูดีกว่าแต่ก่อนเยอะเลย ยอดเยี่ยมครับ
Love how you two go back and forth between Thai and English. As a Thai-American, I do the same thing.
I’m Thai 100% in Rayong Thailand 🇹🇭 I love the way you grown up Chris. Nice to listen to you and I love to learn from everyone. 😁🙏🏻🤩🌳🎉🫡
Such an interesting guy and such an interesting life he must have lived. I’d watch a documentary about his life growing up in Issan
Wow! Total transformation.... took me a minute to recognise him as the same guy! Great interview
Watching from Sydney. Great content Paddy
Chris is amazing and awesome that he learnt both thai n issan!!
คริสคือคนไทย ที่หน้าเหมือนคนต่างชาติครับ ฮ่าๆ 😂
พูดสำเนียงไทยชัดมาก และภาษาพูดคือคนไทยแท้ๆ เลยครับ 😄
ชัดมากกก ชัดจนตกใจ 😮เก่งจริงๆ
I'm indonesian, but i can speaking english and malaysian fluently, and now i i'm start to learning thailand language, because i went to go there for my vocation, i llke thailand, apriciate the culture
โอ้ววว น่ารักมากค่ะ สองหนุ่มพูดไทยได้ชัดมากกกก 🥰
I'm going back over Paddy's videos now, and it's soo great to see how both Chris and Paddy swap between Thai/English without effort.
Wow his hair grew quickly !
Bro. His pronunciation in Thai is on point !!!
Aussie here with a Thai partner! So interesting listening to you guys speak Thai with such ease. Legends 🎉
ไม่ติดสำเนียงที่จะรู้ว่าเป็นฝรั่งพูดไทยเลยอะ ถ้าหลับตาคือคนไทยดีๆนี่เอง
ตัวเราเองเคยไปอยู่ซิดนี่ย์มา 10 ปีกว่าได้ เจอฝรั่งพูดไทยได้ส่วนมากก็นิดๆหน่อยๆ
มีคนนึงทำงานอยู่ Bottle shop แถวบ้าน Pott Point คนนี้คือพูดได้มากสุด แต่ก็ยังเป็นแค่คำๆ ไทยปนอังกฤษ
ชอบมากคับ เป็นช่องที่น่าสนใจมาก ขอบคุณ youtube ที่แรนดอมคลิปนี้มาให้เจอ
Thank you Paddy for the excellent content!
Cheers from Seattle.
Thanks Larry!
Oh wow, an update video out of the blue! Awesome!
พูดชัดจนตกใจเลยค่ะ สำเนี่ยงไทยแบบ Perfect สุดๆ
My parents went to Belize in Central America on September 1969 and I grew up there. Went to local schools and grew up Belizean with no contact with Canada for most of my life. It was great.
Omg, you sound like a native Thai! After hearing you stay here for like 20 years already
Great video, I think you should do a longer interview maybe 20 or 30 minutes video Break it down to 15 minutes video.Part 1 and Part 2. I am interested to hear Chris Chaffe insight on Thailand culture and custom. I assume he graduate from Thailand High School. In conclusion Paddy do a second interview due to popular demand !
Nice interview! But is it only my impression or does this guy look completely different than 3 yrs ago? And gives totally different vibe than 3 yrs ago?
Great interview, very interesting and informative, he is a very lucky person having been brought up in a Thai village.
I enjoyed the video. And Chris came over as a really nice guy
Wow I ve also lived in Thailand since I was 8 years old, wish I met more people like this guy but it is indeed very rare! Awesome interview and makes me feel less alone.
Great video Paddy, its so cool when someone has grown up in another country and speaks the language fluently.
Why, thanks Maricel. I moved to Australia at the age of 7 and speak English fluently. Dunno if there's much of a market for that in terms of RUclips content though. :(
This guys channel is awesome. I'm an Australian trying to learn Thai so I'm loving consuming as much content like this as I can.
Hi Sawade Kap 🙏🏻 A real beautiful interview really enjoyed it i need to seriously learn more Thai language. A very intelligent young man made a great life much respect. 🙏🏻
Best regards from Samut Prakarn. 🙏🏻✊🏻
😊😊😊
You should’ve seen my face! 😂 awesome to hear from Chris again!🫶🏼
Another lovely video. I enjoyed the interview. You are a natural at this. Congratulations
OMG, I am pretty good at identifying the accent of the person's origin, but this Aussie/Thai completely fooled me if I were to close my eyes and listen to him speak Thai central & Isaan dialect. Good on him. 😀👍
Hey Chris I’m from Logan Reserve now living in Thailand and I was showing my wife your utube with patty and she showed me your movie in Thailand and said your a superstar
Paddy, you always deliver such good contents. ทำต่อไปนะครับ เอาใจช่วย ผมชอบดูจริงๆ นายทำในสิ่งที่น่าสนใจ ไม่น่าเบื่อเลย
Keep going bro!!
ขอบคุณมากๆครับ 🙇♂️
@@ThaiTalkwithPaddyYou Paddy speaking with Chris is pure gold content for me.
I've looked at this video and the other (3 years back) several times because it makes me happy😊.
Greeting from Sweden🌤🇸🇪🙏
ah ok Im watching this now.....the full story! Thanks Paddy and Guest! The subtitles help me so much to double check and connect the familiar Thai words with thier English translation. Have a happy day! Thanks for making these videos!
Hello Sarah where are you from?
Great content! What an interesting story and he was very insightful.
รักคับ เห็นตอนไปออกกับท่านหัวหน้าเผ่า ชอบคริสมากคับ ขอบคุณคริสมากๆคับ จากใจคนไทย ตอนนี้คริสคือ1 ในคนมีชื่อเสียงของไทย ติดตามคับ
เรายินดีต้อนรับชาวต่างชาติทุกคนครับ
Very interesting Paddy you've got a new subscriber
Thanks a lot for subbing!
กดติดตามแล้วนะคะ Paddy เป็นฝรั่งที่เข้าใจวัฒนธรรมไทยมากเลย สัมภาษณ์ก็ดี เป็นผู้ฟังที่ดีด้วย เยี่ยมๆ
I love his new style :D
So happy you got him back. I remember the original video.
He is right though, you are like me, you want the best of both worlds, A$ & Thai life? I have only just got it now.
I'm back in BKK 4 weeks for 3 months. Happy to buy you coffee, or something stronger if you fancy some good conversation?
Keep up the great work, Thank you, Tony
i am stil learning tagalog....moving to philippines in few months...finally....tired to go back and forth
You both bought tears to my eyes. Ha pom.
I stuffed up. I think it's kha phom or there abouts. My daughter went to Rangsit Uni. Foregive my spellin Kor tort khup.
Fantastic story and beautiful Thai!
Thank you for your input. Absolutely beautiful story and you are inspired me to teach my 2 kiddos to speak more Thai.
Hello Krissana where are you from?
สาธุๆๆโยม Chris.
Loved this!
Great interview.
เป็นกำลังใจให้น้องทั้งสองนะคะ ฝรั่งหัวใจไทยอน่ารักค่ะ
Very fascinating! love Chris’s story!
Chris should blog about life in Thailand, too. He could say a lot of interesting things, given the degree to which he is integrated into the local environment.
Chris, you're the best! More videos please!
I enjoyed your role in your Thai movie. More movies too!
ดังมากค่ะ 🙏🇹🇭🌷พูดชัดมาก
language access and Thai culture makes many foreigners have a positive mindset. have a smile like a Thai person cute like thai people
Hi watching from Philippines 🇵🇭
Salamat for watching!!!
Great interview Paddy! It's amazing to learn a new language. And it's true that switching between languages also carries another variation of one's personality.
I can speak German, Spanish, English & enough Thai. And I've noticed in myself, in a scale of seriousness carried in each of those languages, I would say; Thai is the most layback language, secondly, English, thirdly Spanish and lastly German at the highest level of seriousness.
Keep up the great content!
Very cool, my favorite parts of visiting Thailand was getting away from the tourist areas which is harder to do if you want to see some sites and have a short amount of time.
อยู่ไทยไปนานๆน่ะครับ สมคริสไหว้ไทยด้วย ใจเป็นไทยแน่นอนถึงไม่เต็มร้อยเปอร์เซ็นต์ ดูท่าน่าจะชอบหญิงไทยมากขอให้ได้ตามสเป้คน่ะครับ😂
Wow you've inspired me to learn more Thai. This was great to watch.
Longer hair than last saw! As a Thai, I adore Farang who can speak Thai as my Irish husband of forty six years can only say five words 🙄 Chris such a pleasant chap who also shows respect for his adopted second home. Thoroughly enjoyed the vlogging, Paddy 🙏
But fairly i have to say that many thais who are working in tourist areas in thailand since years cant also say not more than 5 words in english.And english is the world language and probably much easier to learn than thai.
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I can speak 4 languages
Chris is definitely a Thai person.
you guys speak Thai really well...I'm quite ashamed being a Malaysian Siamese yet couldn't speak much of Thai myself. 😅
I mean you got the English skill that's much better. ☺
Chris needs to start a RUclips channel.
Fantastic interview and good vibes.
You should check out Long Dern Do next time you're looking for a drink in Rangsit, nice laid back vibe and music.
No matter what they look like, we need to respect these guys without any discrimination.
Understand the dual personality thing. If my Thai friends ever hear me speak English they always say I sound like a different person. More mature and ‘manly’, less jokey. Guess my voice goes up a few octaves to hit those tones when speaking Thai. Great content guys.
It is because the language too my friend in my opinion that’s made us always laugh like a stupid kid all the time because I’m a Thai been living in another country before and now have a lot of foreigner friends and I found a lot of stress when using English because I know it’s made me sounds like another person and kind of bored and stress man😂😂
I think that's very common especially when it's two languages that aren't closely related and have very different sounds.
I don't notice it as much with people who speak like English and German because they are from the same language family and even either of these two and Spanish for example is also not that far off
Very impressive❤Your Thai is much better than mine😜
I like the part where he talked about a shift in personality out of language he uses. I somehow can relate it as someone who use English only at work/study. My friends once said that I do look more matured and polite when using English, while it’s obviously the opposite in my native tongue. 😂😂
น่าสนใจมากครับ โดยเฉพาะเรื่องเกี่ยวกับสมองและมุมมองที่เปลี่ยนตอนพูดภาษาไทยแล้วสลับเป็นภาษาอังกฤษ ผมรู้สึกแบบนี้เหมือนกันจริงๆ 😄