Pronounciation is Key

It actually rained for the first time here eventhough it's supposed to be the "rainy season". When I say "rained" I mean that it was a downpour that lasted about three hours. Luckily, it was in the morning so i could still go to tennis. When I was about to leave i looked over my racquet to gauge when the string was going to break. I usually only carry one to make it easier. So I looked it over and decided, "yeah, it should be good for one more class and then i'll bring two until it breaks." Nope, it broke during warm-up and i had to borrow another one for the rest of practice. Other than that it went well. Afterwards, somebody came to talk to me to make sure i would be alright getting home. I thought i was good but they wanted to make sure. On the way home i have to tell somebody my destination and they wanted to make sure i had the pronounciation right. I was going to say "uno-sub-marie" apparently that's completely off. They would have absolutely no idea what i was talking about unless i said "anoo-sow-varee". Completely different. Thai is such a finnicky language with all the pitches and tones. You got the rising tone, falling tone, up-down tone, down-up tone, up-down-up tone, and the down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up tone. It's all very confusing. The good ending to the day was that i got some street meat on the way home. Or should i say questionable street meat of indeterminate origins on a stick.