And you thought pronouncing Mariel was bad?!?!

Here's the FIRST names of the kids in one of my classes:

Yotsanun
Sirichai
Panupong
Chayut
Titinun
Nattapol
Thapanut
Satanatorn
Chontrakarn
Bongkoch
Korngun
Bongkotmas
Worrakarn
Jirawadee
Haruthai
Jatuporn
.....ok, you get the picture. You should see their last names!!!

Even Thai people think their names are too tricky so they all have a "choolane" or nickname. They almost always have an "English" nickname. At least they think it's English. Here's a few of my favorites:

Save
Man
Shop
Donut
Blaze (I'd want this to be my choolane)
Pork
Gun (there's loads of "Guns")
Bang
Warm
Mild
Pookie
Bank
M
Oh
KittyPorn (there's TONS of kids with "Porn" in their name)
Ball
Nice
Next
Tiger (I have three Tigers)
Ford (that sucks)
Milk
Too
Mint
Book