Comment by thematrixturtle
4 years ago
Thai has the additional wrinkle that its alphabet originates from Sanskrit and has tons of duplicate letters, so you can't just say "K", you need to specify if it's K-as-in-egg, K-as-in-chicken, K-as-in-bell, etc.
Well, those are slightly different from each other. For example, the "k" (ก) used in "chicken" (ko kai) sounds more like a "g".