Transliteration - When will they get it even close?

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Terry
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Must have been the chicken that was here first.

Chicken comes before Egg in English
Gai comes before Kai in Thai

Right? :mrgreen:
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Terry: Glad we sorted that little problemette out. :wink:

Thinking back to the transliteration of the 'g' or 'k' sound. You'll often find that if it is the 'g' sound, then the letter K is used e.g. Kanchanburi or Koh (Samui). If it is the 'k' sound, then a Kh is used e.g. khai (egg).

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can i throw in my 2 baht, or bawt, or bpaht

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Skip the romanization/transliteration all together and learn the thai alphabet. Its a steep learning curve, but once you know all the consonants and vowels, and tone id's it all makes more sense and you pronounce the words much easier. If your interested, I know a great teacher in Koaw tao..or Kaew Tao, or kow tow. :shock: .., about 200/hour.
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