{"id":1585,"date":"2013-02-27T01:21:46","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T01:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2013-02-17T01:42:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T01:42:10","slug":"thai-smells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/thai-smells\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Smells"},"content":{"rendered":"

We will finish off our four part series of sensory vocabulary (see previous posts on colors<\/a>, shapes<\/a>, flavors<\/a>) with the sense of smell.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you familiar with the Asian fruit called the durian (tu1rien1 \u0e17\u0e38\u0e40\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19)? It\u2019s a big sweet-tasting pineapple-sized fruit famous (infamous?) for the smell – it literally reeks for some people. The smell is so strong that hotels ban guests from bringing durians into their rooms, and \u2018no durian\u2019 signs can be found throughout public areas in Asia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The durian also comes with a myth of death. Supposedly, if you eat durian while drinking alcohol you will die. Every Thai I\u2019ve ever met believes this, and I can\u2019t convince a single one to try it. Seriously. They say that durian causes the body temperature to rise, and supposedly so does alcohol. Therefore 1+1=dead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: It\u2019s an urban legend\/myth that most SE Asians have believed for at least a century. This 1969 science paper, if anyone is interested, mostly disproves the myth: \u201cDurian and alcohol\u2013A preliminary report<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyway, back on subject with smells. There are very few Thai words commonly used for smells, with most just being various combinations of the same key words. Here is a quick list below:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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English<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Karaoke<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Thai<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Smell (neutral)<\/td>\nGlin2<\/td>\n\u0e01\u0e25\u0e34\u0e48\u0e19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smells good<\/td>\nGlin2 haawm5<\/td>\n\u0e01\u0e25\u0e34\u0e48\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e2d\u0e21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Good smell<\/td>\nHaawm5<\/td>\n\u0e2b\u0e2d\u0e21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stinks<\/td>\nMen5<\/td>\n\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e47\u0e19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perfume<\/td>\nNam4 haawm5<\/td>\n\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e2d\u0e21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cologne<\/td>\nKo1lon1<\/td>\n\u0e42\u0e04\u0e42\u0e25\u0e0d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bad breath<\/td>\nBaak2 men5<\/td>\n\u0e1b\u0e32\u0e01\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e47\u0e19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fart<\/td>\nDtot2<\/td>\n\u0e15\u0e14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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This video will give you practice for words that smell good. This lady is doing a product review for some really expensive perfume. I apologize to the guys on how \u2018girly\u2019 this video is.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m7_DS0E3t9k<\/a><\/p>\n

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And now practice for words that smell bad. Here we have a crude comedy in the Esaan dialect about a man who absolutely reeks, and who has farts so smelly that it can cause things to die.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=24iMgVNRk7Y<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, below are a few common plants that use the \u2018haawm\u2019 key word:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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English<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Karaoke<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Thai<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Onion<\/td>\nHua5 haawm5<\/td>\n\u0e2b\u0e31\u0e27\u0e2b\u0e2d\u0e21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Banana (large western type)<\/td>\nGuay3 haawm5<\/td>\n\u0e01\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e22\u0e2b\u0e2d\u0e21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shiitake mushroom<\/td>\nHed2 haawm5<\/td>\n\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e47\u0e14\u0e2b\u0e2d\u0e21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Does eating a durian while drinking kill you? How do you tell your boyfriend he smells? Read on to find out!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[10208],"tags":[254655,254657,254658,254656,254654,10177],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-beginner","tag-durian","tag-fart","tag-onion","tag-perfume","tag-smell","tag-thai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1595,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/1595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}