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English speaking bank manager

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Does anybody know if there is a bank manager who speaks good English in Hua Hin?
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Try kasikorn on the main road opposite pure plaza. Someone usually speaks reasonable English there.
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Also the Ayudhya Bank (yellow) opposite the Tessa Baan at the main traffic light intersection
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I think all of the banks I have been in have some staff who can speak English, although you mention Bank Manager - is this specific?
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Many Thais claim they speak English - and some do. But their pronounciation
sometimes become gibberish, so I would often start a dialog with "I'm sorry, my English is not very good and I appologize for that. Could you speak slowly, please". That does the trick. They don't lose face.

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Speaking English well is not necessarily helpful career wise. I know a young lady who has spent some time in Australia. Her English is perfect. At work however she deliberately speaks English like a Thai. Heavily accented and makes the usual grammatical mistakes.
I heard the previous prime minister (Eton and Oxford) speak at the british chamber of commerce. Sounded quite different from on TV.
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Thank you for the answers.
Will visit the mentioned banks.
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I imagine our attempts to speak Thai might sound like....well, gibberish.
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johnnyk wrote:I imagine our attempts to speak Thai might sound like....well, gibberish.
Swoddy krap?
And for the very same reason I only speak Thai to my understanding wife.
Cookie and Otto (my Thai dawgs) understand English perfectly. "Sit", "Shaddap", "Heal" took them only one short afternoon to learn. Cost me a couple of pork chops, though....
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That reminds me of a girl i used to date.
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oakdale160 wrote:Speaking English well is not necessarily helpful career wise.
Why do you think that is?
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Lung Per wrote:
johnnyk wrote:I imagine our attempts to speak Thai might sound like....well, gibberish.
Swoddy krap?
And for the very same reason I only speak Thai to my understanding wife.
Cookie and Otto (my Thai dawgs) understand English perfectly. "Sit", "Shaddap", "Heal" took them only one short afternoon to learn. Cost me a couple of pork chops, though....
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Didn't the dawgs have difficulty with you saying, "Heal!"
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To pleng-- never speak English better than your boss.
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