Bilingual Phonetic Thai-English-Thai Dictionary

By Denis Segaller and Montree Poome

655 pp., 10.5x14.5 cm

This dictionary is intended mainly for any type of  Thai-farang relationship with vocabulary hang-  ups; husband-wife, boyfriend-girlfriend, dual-  nationality business partnerships, Thai-farang  restaurants and so on. 

The authors hope this combined English-  Thai and Thai-English dictionary will come to the  rescue in all such cases of verbal confusion. If you  are Thai, look up the word which you want to  "translate" from Thai to English, and try to  L  pronounce the Thai phonetic spelling of the  English word. If this produces a blank stare from  the farang, simply point to the English word, so  your partner knows at once what you are trying  to say; the farang can then pronounce it correctly  for you, and you can do your best to repeat it! 

For the farang who wants to say a word in  Thai, look it up in the index section, find the word  and try to say it with the correct tones(s), using  the phonetic spelling. Perhaps after some laughter  at your attempt, your Thai partner will then  pronounce it correctly for you, if necessary using  the Thai spelling in the right hand column.