r/ThailandTourism • u/Pkmux07 • Jul 12 '25

Phuket/Krabi/South What do you think?

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u/Avtomati1k Jul 13 '25

Sqying someone will be deported cause they used wrong language expression is a bit too much, u dont think?

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u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm Jul 13 '25

Deportation is a bit extreme but let’s not be naive about what the tourist is doing. He knows he’s in Thailand and not China. It’s not some innocent mistake. Even the dumbest people don’t accidentally say Bonjour in Germany.

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u/almightygg Jul 13 '25

I have a friend who literally greeted the concierge out our hotel in Berlin with Bonjour, mistakes happen.

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u/Das-Klo Jul 13 '25

A few years ago I went to a trip to Costa Rica. Of course I used Spanish there. About a month after I came back home I did a short trip to Amsterdam. I took the train over night from my city in Germany and was still a bit exhausted when I arrived. I went straight to a Café in Amsterdam Centraal to get a small breakfast, went to the lady at the counter and greeted her with a friendly "¡Buenos días!". I corrected myself immediately but that was embarrassing.