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In terms of transcription, the best is AUA (as used by AUA, language schools using the Union method, and many universities). It's used on the website thai-notes.com, which includes a Thai-English, English-Thai Dictionary with a "bulk lookup" feature, so one can not only look up individual words, but also whole sentences. There's also Haas' Thai-English learners' Dictionary, and an Etymology Dictionary. There's also a tool that transcribes Thai. https://thai-notes.com/ https://thai-notes.com/dictionaries/predictionarysearch.html https://thai-notes.com/dictionaries/haas.html https://thai-notes.com/dictionaries/etymdict.html https://thai-notes.com/tools/thai2ipa.html thai-language.com also supports this transcription, though you have to turn it on under Site Settings http://thai-language.com/default.aspx?nav=control There's the main dictionary at http://thai-language.com/dict/search The "dumper truck" icon turns on "bulk lookup".
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The official spelling (Royal Institute Dictionary) is ฤษี. Spelling #2 is a nonsense. Pronunciation, /rʉ́ˑsǐi/.
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Poor site with terrible transcription. There are much better options out there. In my opinion, won't be missed.
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Where can you get bivalent covid vaccine?
Foxx replied to topswijaya's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
Something to do with Covid not having gone away? Not wanting to get sick or die? Plus, I'm expecting to make a return trip to the UK where 6,307 people were admitted to hospital in England with Covid in the last week. Doubtless many, many times that number were sick with the disease. (England has a cavalier attitude to Covid. Hardly anyone wears a mask these days, taking the former bozo Prime Minister as their role model.) Source: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ -
Where can you get bivalent covid vaccine?
Foxx replied to topswijaya's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
I received the bivalent Pfizer vaccine in my local district government health clinic in Bangkok on Friday. They jab a maximum of 20 people per day on a first come, first served basis. It was free. (And though I'm feeling a little bit achy, I feel much, much better than I did after my last, Moderna, jab. which really knocked me for six.) -
Manchester city UK to charge tourists to stay in hotels
Foxx replied to Tony M's topic in Home Country Forum
I was skeptical when I read this, but The Independent confirms it: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/manchester-tourist-tax-visitors-hotels-b2308640.html According to the article, Edinburgh appears to be next, with a charge double that of Manchester. -
Nationwide Banking App
Foxx replied to LittleBear57's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
This would be, in my opinion, utterly folly. It's perfectly possible that the "somewhere other" version is designed to steal your money once you provide your login credentials. Stick with the official download site and version. -
In other pub-related news, developers who illegally pulled down an historic pub have been ordered to rebuild it completely using materials from the rubble. It'll reportedly cost them £1.5 million to do so. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/10/developers-who-destroyed-historic-lancashire-pub-punch-bowl-inn-hurst-green-ordered-to-rebuild-it
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I registered myself using the website. I chose the option "possessor" to describe myself. This was scrutinised when last I visited Chaeng Wattana, but was ultimately deemed by the boss to be OK.
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I don't know why mobile AIS works. It's not just a 3BB problem. I get the same issues using AIS, both with Chrome and with Brave, and the console log clearly shows 403s which mean "Forbidden".
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The problem here is that a lot of the page resource requests are returning HTTP/403 - Forbidden. This is almost certainly a result of geoblocking - they've decided that because you're in Thailand they won't load for you. The only way I know of getting around this is to use a proxy that will make you appear to be in the UK.
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That's not been my experience. They have been unpleasantly hard and starchy. Birds Eye here have never disappointed me - both those imported from New Zealand and those imported from Australia.
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Indian, Chinese Investors Buying Pubs, Restaurants In Pattaya
Foxx replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
Nope. The vast majority of owners and workers at Indian restaurants in the UK are Bangladeshi, mostly from Sylhet province. -
This is not strictly true. One can defer taking the pension and receive an enhanced rate. If one doesn't claim one's pension on reaching pension age it is automatically deferred and when it's eventually claimed it will be at a higher rate.
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It will be frozen at this year's rate. If you go back to the UK for a while it will be increased whilst you're there, but will revert to the previous rate if you return to Thailand.
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Booking required for DL renewal at Bangkok DLT 3?
Foxx replied to ChomDo's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits