How do you pronounce Phuket? really

[uppityperson]

I'm ignorant. I don't watch the news. How is Phuket pronounced? foo-ket' or like I've felt since this town has come to the media forefront? Thanks.

[Maple]

1. Yes

foo-KET

[Taverner]

7. Incorrect

It's poo (with the p sound slightly aspirated) ket

[Ladyhawk]

2. I was going to ask the same thing. I haven't had TV since September.

I was thinking "fuck it" but I knew that couldn't be right. When I was in college I had a 2nd grade pen pal named Pharkthin who was from Laos. His name was pronounced, "par-TEN."

[uppityperson]

5. Thanks all.

That's how I've been thinking, but knew it couldn't be right too. poo-ket or foo-Ket it is. Thanks.

[Wheaty]

3. It's FOO

AFAIK it's foo-ket' At least that is how BBC has been pronouncing it and I trust them more than or newsreaders here in 'murica

[auntAgonist]

4. I work with a girl from Thailand ..

she refers to it as Poo- ket

[rfranklin]

6. I used to live in Thailand and...

I always heard it as POO-KET but with all the whores it should be called FUK-IT.

[HawkerHurricane]

8. Visited Phuket several times with the Navy

Fooket is how the locals said it.

[democracyindanger]

9. fuk-it

Seriously. Go into a local Thai restaurant and say it. A lot. And loudly.

[uppityperson]

10. Right. I'm sure me loudly proclaiming fuckit would go over good

Would show those Thais how I'm feeling about the USA electoral process though.

[Bouncy Ball]

11. I'm horrible.

I thought until recently it was....the other way.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

12. Foo-ket

I'm fairly sure that's how it is pronounced. Maybe not.

[pocket]

13. when I visited, the locals called it

Poo-kett

'Ph' is always a hard P in Thai, like 'Phat Thai' is pronouced "Pad Tie"

[crispini]

14. It's poo-ket..

Lived in Thailand two years, speak Thai fluently.

[Xithras]

15. Heard a TV broadcaster call it "fuk-it" the other day

Hilarious...his co-anchor nearly fell out of his chair laughing, and so did I. The poor guy had this confused look on his face and had NO idea why his anchor was laughing until the sports guy (sitting on his other side) chimed in with an "Uh, I think that's pronounced FOO-KET". Like any good announcer in that situation, he just smiled into the camera and continued on with the story.

You KNOW they were giving him hell during the commercial break though...