Quote Originally Posted by foobar View Post
But, also get started on the reading thai script side of things as soon as possible, because you will pick up a lot of bad habits messing around with tourist phrases written in phonetic English and will waste time later re-learning the right way.
This.


Learning the Thai script while learning the language is akin to changing a car's water pump while you're doing the timing belt; it's a bit more work, but you're going to need to do it eventually, so get it out of the way and save yourself the headache down the road.