Mâi ben rai, phrase: Don't mention it, or it's nothing. When someone says thank you, in English, we often say, "you're welcome," or "don't mention it." In Thai, mai ben rai means nevermind. It's kinda like saying "forgedda-boud-it" if you're a mobster.
Quick random fact: Nirvana's second album Nevermind was called Mai Ben Rai in Thailand.
(Okay, I lied, it was still called Nevermind)
Mâi means no.
This webpage Danielle found has a good lsit of phrases: http://www.learningthai.com/useful_phrases.html
We have a good idea of where we plan to go and who we want to visit. Now we need to hammer out some dates for the plane ride. Hopefully we can get a good idea of costs and a timeframe of when we're going to be there, as well as how long.
HINT: Our friends Danielle and Joe need to start posting a little something. =o)
Bonus: Friend in Thai is puen, pheonetically pêu•an. The U sound is similar to O in oven. I think that's right. Anyway, We gotta get moving on narrowing down the dates, so we can purchase tickets and get everyone passports.
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