Cultural Aspects
As you will surely notice when speaking Thai people, they “greatly appreciate puns and double-entendres which, besides enlivening everyday vernacular, spice and propel outrageous dialogue in popular art forms such as folk theatre.” A particular four-syllable rhyming pattern is prevalent in many Thai words and sayings (see Elaborate Expressions for examples), and many other compound words use prefixes or suffixes where the purpose seems only to be euphony.