Comments on: Traveling with Thai Phrase Books http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/using-thai-phrase-books/ Expat making her way through the Thai language and culture Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:01:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Catherine Wentworth http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/using-thai-phrase-books/#comment-2240 Catherine Wentworth Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:36:52 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=3156#comment-2240 mthai, why don't you contact Damian at 60min to see what he can do? mthai, why don’t you contact Damian at 60min to see what he can do?

]]> By: mthai http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/using-thai-phrase-books/#comment-2238 mthai Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:55:34 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=3156#comment-2238 I was wondering if anyone you knew could send me a copy of the 60 Minutes to Learn the Thai Alphabet by email. I dont have the abilty to purchase goods over the internet. I was wondering if anyone you knew could send me a copy of the 60 Minutes to Learn the Thai Alphabet by email. I dont have the abilty to purchase goods over the internet.

]]> By: Catherine http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/using-thai-phrase-books/#comment-866 Catherine Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:37:50 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=3156#comment-866 'he would like wife that not have mouth stink' LOL! Which one is that? After going wild buying phrase books, I'm convinced that any with CDs are ahead of the lot. My personal choice is Collins, but that might be the designer in me. Some phrase books have a design style that does nothing to help the reader. I found it surprising as book design isn't brain science, it's pure common sense. ‘he would like wife that not have mouth stink’

LOL! Which one is that?

After going wild buying phrase books, I’m convinced that any with CDs are ahead of the lot.

My personal choice is Collins, but that might be the designer in me.

Some phrase books have a design style that does nothing to help the reader. I found it surprising as book design isn’t brain science, it’s pure common sense.

]]> By: greg harstone http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/using-thai-phrase-books/#comment-865 greg harstone Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:20:58 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=3156#comment-865 Happy to see there are more phrase books out there that seem better than what I came home with.Thai phrase book with tones.I cant figure how to make tones without hearing them first, bits of chopped up eng lish words to make some thai sounds????But the romance section was helpful#17 he would like wife that not have mouth stink.#19 he wants only kitten.??#34 no I love him true true.not his money. Humm...with that phrase book in my back pocket good thing I didnt have any romantic encounters on my last trip!!So which one do you recommend just in case,after all your singah,for my next trip.Cheers Greg Happy to see there are more phrase books out there that seem better than what I came home with.Thai phrase book with tones.I cant figure how to make tones without hearing them first, bits of chopped up eng lish words to make some thai sounds????But the romance section was helpful#17 he would like wife that not have mouth stink.#19 he wants only kitten.??#34 no I love him true true.not his money. Humm…with that phrase book in my back pocket good thing I didnt have any romantic encounters on my last trip!!So which one do you recommend just in case,after all your singah,for my next trip.Cheers Greg

]]> By: Catherine http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/using-thai-phrase-books/#comment-732 Catherine Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:58:55 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=3156#comment-732 Thanks Martyn. Some of the transcription drives me wild. Well, most drives me to distraction! Thanks Martyn. Some of the transcription drives me wild. Well, most drives me to distraction!

]]> By: Martyn http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/using-thai-phrase-books/#comment-731 Martyn Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:12:12 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=3156#comment-731 Speak THAI quick 191 is copyright of Freeman Multimedia Co Ltd and the book lists a website at www.freemanmultimedia.com/Thai and the copy I have was priced at 69 baht. Personally with its use of the Haas transcription I wouldn't bother....it makes it a bit like learning a foreign language. Martyns last blog post..<a href="http://www.thaisabai.org/?p=4625">Cooking the HD Way - Potato Chops</a> Speak THAI quick 191 is copyright of Freeman Multimedia Co Ltd and the book lists a website at http://www.freemanmultimedia.com/Thai and the copy I have was priced at 69 baht. Personally with its use of the Haas transcription I wouldn’t bother….it makes it a bit like learning a foreign language.

Martyns last blog post..Cooking the HD Way – Potato Chops

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