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Originally Posted by planter
Ok guys, as I have said this will be my first trip to asia, I dont speak a word of thai and was wondering if I will have trouble making myself understood to the bar girls. I have read that you should ask for what you want, but how much english is understood in the bars?
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A book which you may find very useful - English Thai Bar Guide and has many of the basics of making small talk with the girls.
It has thai script underneath all of the english phonetic spelling of thai phrases which is useful if you are having trouble pronouncing anything you read, as you can show the thai script to the bar girl.
If you are heading to patong in phuket I believe Nicke at Mai thai bar may have some copies of this book. If not you can order from Bangkok books
http://bangkokbooks.com/language.htm