the thai vocabulary contains large numbers of words of western origin.those words arrived with traders,sailors,missionaries,films and publication. it have become a fashion for thais to use english words in their conversation despite the availabilty of thai equivalents.people believe that this is a way to show modernization and their high level of education.several words have been adopted and adapted until hey sound like thai words.for example,the english word 'number'has become 'ber' in thai.the thais just do away with its first syllable.similarly,'tutor',the,verb,has become 'tu' and 'racing'has become 'sing'