Keep the change

[CALSinCM]

What's the Thai phrase for "Keep the change" allowing someone to keep the change of a transaction as a tip?

[Lorry]

"Mai pen lai"

(You can say "mai dtong tawn")

[CALSinCM]

13 minutes ago, Lorry said:

"Mai pen lai"

(You can say "mai dtong tawn")

Do you know that in Thai? 

[Lorry]

ไม่เป็นไร

(You can say ไม่ต้องทอน)

[marin]

You wrote it correctly in Thai Lorry but pronounce it wrong Mai Pen Rye, it is an R sound Rah Rua, not an L sound Law Ling, very common Thai mistake. 

[Lorry]

1 hour ago, marin said:

You wrote it correctly in Thai Lorry but pronounce it wrong Mai Pen Rye, it is an R sound Rah Rua, not an L sound Law Ling, very common Thai mistake. 

I know this

I wrote it how it is pronounced in Bangkok,  in common speech, by ordinary people who don't show off

A newscaster would pronounce a nice rolling r, and some people from Burrirram (I know it's spelt differently) or from the south, too

 

I thought - maybe erroneously - OP doesn't know much Thai,  so it would be better for him to learn what he actually hears others saying

 

 

[marin]

5 minutes ago, Lorry said:

by ordinary people who don't show off

They are taught it in school, I dont think it has to do with showing off but how, and how long you were educated. 

[mokwit]

mai tong tawn seems most understood.

[Lorry]

3 minutes ago, marin said:

They are taught it in school, I dont think it has to do with showing off but how, and how long you were educated. 

I said ordinary people. 

Ordinary Thais do not have a postdoctoral degree in advanced physics. 

 

People with a BA have learned to roll their r, and do it at special occasions (like deliberately, slowly pronouncing a word to teach a foreigner). 

 

[Lorry]

2 minutes ago, mokwit said:

mai tong tawn seems most understood.

Yes.

Depends a bit on the context. 

You pay a taxi, he starts searching in his purse for coins,  you just say ไม่เป็นไร.

 

mai tong tawn is always good, because it literally means "no need for change"

[marin]

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2 minutes ago, Lorry said:

Ordinary Thais do not have a postdoctoral degree in advanced physics. 

 

Dont take it so far. I have taught in the Thai university system for over 35 years. Very few students pronounce R as L is a fact. But if I am travelling and staying in medium accommodation or eating in roadside restaurants most use the L for R.  It does not have to do with a higher degree at all. I have never heard my wife use the L for R sound, yet my housekeeper never uses the R sound and always the L. 

Have a good one.