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Title: Lonely Planet Thai Phrasebook (LONELY PLANET THAI PHRASEBOOK) by Joe Cummings ISBN: 0-86442-658-5 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: don't go to Thailand without it
Comment: My husband and I found this small book to be a huge help as we attempted communication in the marketplaces of Thailand. I prefer to use books like this as a reference, pointing to the Thai phrase next to the English phrase I want to communicate. Conversely, my husband actually studied the book from the beginning. He was able to learn to pronounce and understand many useful phrases in addition to numbers (which came in very handy while bargaining). We enjoyed this book so much that I am already ordering the Mandarin version for our trip to China in 2005.
Rating: 3
Summary: Helpful, Easy to Carry; Phonetics could be better
Comment: This is a small book with contextual topics that are easy to find in the table of contents. Some basic grammar rules are included and can help someone use past, present, future, ability, and the classifiers if they want to learn the basics of using them. It can be carried in your pocket, and I think that is the best asset. It's a small book you can take anywhere. The phonetical pronunciation was incorrect in one area. The beginning consonant "G"is pronounced more as a hard "g" sound, but it is listed in the book at a "k." This caused miscommunication for it changes the entire word and meaning. The beauty salon context, i.e., "getting a haircut" is a section that is not in this book but could be very useful. This book is very affordable and helpful...just keep in mind some of the phonetic transcriptions, which already difficult in Thai to English, could have been more accurate.
Rating: 2
Summary: Don't bother buying this one
Comment: After traveling using a Berlitz phrasebook in Italy, I went to Thailand, and bought the only one available -- Lonely Planet. It is terrible.
The tone markers don't make much sense. They are not intuitive.
The Food section has something advertised as a "menu decoder" when it is really just the same section all over again. Compared to Berlitz's food section for Italy, the LP guide is rather lacking.
The Dictionary section is very lacking. It doesn't even have all the words listed elsewhere. The index is the same way. It makes finding information in the phrasebook next to impossible.
Unfortunately, this phrasebook has just been whipped out as a companion to LP's monopoly on guide books. Try to find something else.
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Title: Lonely Planet Thailand (LONELY PLANET THAILAND) by Joe Cummings, Sandra Bao, Steven Martin, China Williams ISBN: 1740593561 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Bangkok City Map (City Map Series) by Lonely Planet ISBN: 1740591011 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Groovy Map & Guide Bangkok by Night by Aaron Frankel ISBN: 9748590305 Publisher: Groovy Map Co Ltd Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Bangkok (LONELY PLANET BANGKOK) by Joe Cummings ISBN: 1864502851 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Thai for Beginners by Benjawan Poomsan Becker ISBN: 1887521003 Publisher: Paiboon Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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