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The Best Place To Learn How To Count In Thai Is In A...

Crowded Thai Bank

I went to the bank yesterday to deposit a cheque and realised that its the best place to learn to count in Thai. No, its not by counting the money but by looking at the electronic counter with voice description of the numbers.

Let me explain. The bank here has adopted the "take a number" system instead of having to queue up (I guess Thailand is more advance here in Singapore. Singapore banks did try the system, but it reverted back to the queue system. Guess the queue system more adapt to Singaporeans).. So every time the next number ticks, a female voice will say out the number...

"Song Roy Ha Sip Saam (253), something, something but its sounds like please go to row, Ha (5)..."

"Song Roy Ha Sip Si (254), something, something but its sounds like please go to row Song (2)..."

"Song Roy Ha Sip Ha (255), something, something but its sounds like please go to row Neung(1)..."

So if you need to brush up your counting in Thai, guess the best place would be in the bank.. You can bring stacks and stacks of 20 bahts (maybe up to 100,000 baht) and start counting with the bank teller. Next thing you know, the sweet voice will spell out "Song Roy Ha Sip Hok (256), something, something but its sounds like please come back tomorrow."