The King and I

Listen to names and terms from the The King and I, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. The speaker is Dana Ingkatanuwat, born and raised in Thailand, and now an accountant in Kansas, United States. She pronounces all the Thai names and terms from the musical, and discusses the play from her perspective as a Thai.

Names and terms in order of recording:

Bangkok
Singapore
Kralahome
Lun Tha
Burma
Tuptim
Siam
Lady Thiang
Chaufa Chulalongkorn
Phra Maha Mongkut
Songkla
Buddha
Ayuthia
Ying Yaolak
Phra Alack
China

Recorded by Dana Ingkatanuwat, edited by Paul Meier, January 8, 2004. (For further instruction in the dialects of The King and I, see Paul Meier’s website.) Run time 00:04:56.