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11-12-2005, 15:18
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Baht rhymes with "hot", like bott? I've always pronounced it baat
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11-12-2005, 15:19
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but we are talking about the English language here, aren't we? Here is the definition of Baht from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, followed by the complete definition of "bath" from the same dictionary.
Definition baht noun [C] the standard unit of money used in Thailand (from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) Definition bath noun 1 [C] UK (US bathtub) a long plastic, metal or ceramic container which is filled with water so that a person can sit or lie in it to wash their whole body 2 [C usually singular] the activity of washing yourself or someone else in a bath: MAINLY UK Susannah has a long hot bath every evening. MAINLY US I took a bath this morning. bath oil 3 [C] US used to refer to a bathroom when describing a home: a four-bedroom two-bath house 4 [C] UK a health treatment: mud/thermal baths 5 [C] UK any container holding liquid: a bird bath bath UK verb [I or T] (MAINLY US bathe) to wash in a bath or to wash someone in a bath: OLD-FASHIONED She baths every morning. I usually bath the kids in the evening. (from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) Can you show me a dictionary, any dictionary of the English language that defines bath as a unit of money used in Thailand? You can't, because that use of bath is simply a computer-generated misspelling.  I rest my case!!!!!! 
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11-12-2005, 15:39
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In the end, if you can get a girl to spend the night with you for a 1000 of them, then I guess it doesn't really matter much what you call it!!  Having said that, I would still like to see Tintin spell it Baht, all the same!!
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11-12-2005, 15:59
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Sure when you are in the UK (specifically Cambridge) feel free to spell it baht, however in Thailand where I live the Anglicised version of their currency is baht or bath, either way is correct (Its up to them, its their country). As proved by the myriad of online and offline official documents. Nothing worse than someone who cant admit that they are wrong, its a very bad character trait.
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11-12-2005, 16:06
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Boy, this thread has surely gone off the rails.
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11-12-2005, 16:15
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And kinda ironic your now using the English dictionary when you wouldnt acknowledge it over the word 'religion'..
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11-12-2005, 17:17
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It sure did , 21 posts about how you spell/pronounce Beer Vouchers..........
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11-12-2005, 20:04
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Well I'm from Cambridge so must have the final definitive statement on this subject and only wish to correct Rob, When there is 5000 of them they are known as Barties, there sorted that.
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11-12-2005, 20:14
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How about
10,000 is known as an ouch.. more than 20 as a DOH !!! How much did that cost last night.. Ouch !!! I always remeber a PJ O'Rourke quote talking about how Vietnam was rushing from a comunist country to a capatalist system and saying that 'they are not just standing around with thier Dong in thier hands'  !!
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11-12-2005, 21:01
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Yeh , but they are difficult to put into the "slot machines". 
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11-12-2005, 21:05
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Baht, bath, baat, bart.
I'm more of a satang man myself.
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11-12-2005, 21:40
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Whatever they are called, I'm losing the will to live here
 Enough!!
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12-12-2005, 00:10
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I call them 'Bobs' as in.................
"I blew a 1000................Nope, Nope, that's not right!.......Baht to the drawing board! embrassed 
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12-12-2005, 00:19
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................as in , you slipped them a couple of Bob in the morning..55555555
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12-12-2005, 04:22
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Got it in 1...often use that line on thirsty groups of drink beggars and anyone trying to sell me anything.
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12-12-2005, 06:41
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dunno, i seem to remember a bar here where those ladies needing the pissoir were directed to SQUATTERS while the guys headed for POINTERS Odysseus
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12-12-2005, 11:55
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Now, now, Benjy, no need to get personal. It is a bad trait to attack the other person, when you can't win a debate on the merits of your argument. And if you take that as a personal attack, then I apologize, because it is not nor was it ever my intention to attack you personally. I don't even know you. There is no point in conceding in a lively debate when you know you are right, and have proved it. It would be like conceding defeat when you are two goals ahead going into the last period. If you want to believe you are right, that is perfectly OK with me. But you needn't expect me to agree, when I don't! Nothing wrong with that! I am quite secure in my belief, be it right or wrong, spot on or delusional, that I am right. If you think that you are right, then, IMHO, you ought to be content in that knowledge! Although I could easily refute your last assertion in regard to the subject of our disagreement, I will not do so, since it was never my intent to upset you so much. It's really just a discussion for the fun of it. You may draw your own conclusions, I will draw mine, and anyone else may draw their's. End of debate!
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Last edited by JayBee : 12-12-2005 at 12:04.
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12-12-2005, 11:57
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Thank you, Coolhand!  Nice to know I'm not the only one doing things right around here.
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12-12-2005, 12:07
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Irony in life is quite inevitable.  Attempts to exclude it will be ultimately futile. Having said that, you've got a mind like an elephant!!!
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