Yeah, if they pronounced as if this was an English word. But it's pronounced poo-ket, second syllable emphasized. Blame the idiot international phonetic alphabet for putting a "t" after P's, T's and D's to show it's the "asphirated" version of that consonant. When you think about it, those consonants in English sound like you're pronouncing an "H" after them. You make the main sound with your lips, but follow up with a burst of air from your throat. Thai has those, but it also has the same consonants without the hot air. The letter represented by "P" sounds like a hard "b". And the letter represented by "T" sounds like a hard "d". "K" is a hard "g".
Like Hebrew, Thai has some sounds we just don't have in English.
As for your real point, Thais are very offended by all the toplessness and nudity at their beaches. They used to arrest tourists who didn't cover up, but with the huge number of tourists they get now, they gave up trying to enforce it. Most Thais swim in their regular clothes, it's only the girlfriends of the Farangs who wear bathing suits.
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Date: 2005-12-25 02:26 am (UTC)Like Hebrew, Thai has some sounds we just don't have in English.
As for your real point, Thais are very offended by all the toplessness and nudity at their beaches. They used to arrest tourists who didn't cover up, but with the huge number of tourists they get now, they gave up trying to enforce it. Most Thais swim in their regular clothes, it's only the girlfriends of the Farangs who wear bathing suits.