In Thai, ลูก (look) is the primary classifier for fruit. While it literally means "child," in this context, it identifies the object as a single, whole unit. This pattern is most common with imported fruits or fruits with a distinct, rounded shape.
Common Usage:
ลูกพีช (Peach)
ลูกแอปเปิล (Apple)
ลูกส้ม (Orange)
Basically, if you can hold the whole fruit in one hand, it probably uses the classifier ลูก. While most fruits do use ลูก, some take different classifiers depending on their shape or how they grow in bunches (such as grapes or bananas).
ผล (phǒn) is the formal classifier for fruit units. Although it literally means “result,” it functions as a technical or official classifier and is commonly found in newspapers, signs, and textbooks. For example, มะม่วง 1 ผล is the “proper” or formal way to write “one mango.” In everyday conversation, however, ลูก sounds much more natural and colloquial.
Interestingly, larger fruits or fruits typically sold in clusters—such as ทุเรียน (durian) or องุ่น (grapes)—are often treated as mass nouns, with the fruit name used on its own and no specific classifier required.
Thai people are basically calling fruits "children"... but in a very old-school linguistic way. Historically, ลูก (look) refers to offspring, so a fruit is literally the "child" of the tree. This is why Lookpeach is such a perfect pet name. Because the word for the fruit and the word for a child share the same root, calling him Lookpeach feels like calling him "Little Peach" or "Baby Peach."
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He’s best known for being the acting coach for all of Jojo’s Tichakorn’s productions so far (including the upcoming That Summer) and co-directing The Warp Effect and Only Friends with him
But you might not know that he also did the acting workshops for Bad Buddy
Or that he trained GemFourth and the other new actors for My School President
But, his work isn’t limited to GMMTV
He was also the acting coach for Love in the Air and Wedding Plan.
Edit: He was also the acting coach for Dark Blue Kiss and Mandate and did at least the acting workshops for Love Sea and Boy Next World. Man is booked and busy!
He brings out performances that are physically playful, layered, lived-in, a bit raw, with a sense of spontaneity in the scenes and obsession-inducing chemistry between the actors
Ninew mentions all these in this interview. MDL doesn’t list acting coaches, despite the significant impact they can have on a production as you can see above with the consistency of Ninew’s credits
Whatever, Only Friends Dream On brings us, I have no fear about the performances and character work with Ninew at the helm
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