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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 5:27 am
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Originally Posted by MegatopLover
It is pronounced basically as if the H were not there. When the Thai language gets transliterated into English, H's show up everywhere but they are often silent, mere accent marks to soften a sound but not change it fundamentally. Thus Phuket is roughly Poo-ket, not Foo-ket. Same for Thai: pronounce it like the H isn't there but make an effort to soften the T. It's most like the first T in "tooth" and not at all like the TH in "tooth."
Makes sense... thanks..

But then how come the Thai people pronunce it with the H?
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