Archive: Pattaya is Pronounced

Published July 9, 2010 at 7:00 am |

From the Ultimate Thailand Explorers Pattaya Blog Archive [originally published 27 November 2009].

What started as a small mistake quickly became a signature characteristic of Ultimate Thailand Explorers Ben and Brian. In our application video we mispronounced the city we were applying too. It was made clear to us on several occasions. And each time we tried to correct ourselves, it got worse.

It’s tough trying to guess how to pronounce something you’ve never heard before. Where does the accent do? Are the vowels hard or soft? Eventually we got it and when we did, I put it out on twitter. That’s what today’s post is all about.

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Hey Explorers,

We are taking a road trip this weekend to South Florida for a softball tournament that Brian is playing in. Thanks to technology, we’re blogging on the road from our phones!

We have about a 3-hour drive to the city of Ft. Lauderdale, so to pass the time we’ve been learning to speak Thai. We’ll share a YouTube video with our progress later this weekend as soon as we can upload our camera and laptop to the Internet.

Speaking of learning to speak Thai…

There’s no denying it, Ben has lots of trouble speaking new languages. And for some reason, he just can’t get a handle on the pronounciation of the city he’s visiting.

Thank you to all of you who have written in with the correct phoenetic pronounciation of Pattaya, but reading something and hearing it are two very different learning methods.

Well earlier this week some of you on Twitter may have received word that Ben thinks he’s figured out. Follow the link below to hear for yourself.

http://tmic.fm/ox968pbzzrc

What do you think, did he get it correct once and for all? By the way, how many different ways has he pronounced Pattaya? Review all our YouTube videos on our YouTube Channel and comment below with your answers to both questions!

YouTube.com/user/benandbrianthai

We’ll see you out there!