Of course there is always the computer spell-check, which is not averse to changing "baht" back to "bath". He explained he had mistakenly given me a 500 baht note instead of a 50. Because the baht was always being misspelled some journalists suggested "bath" would be a grand name for this Asean money, with smaller denominations called "plugholes". Not surprisingly tourists on holiday in Thailand were taking back stacks of 10 baht coins to use in the vending machines. For many years a 10 pound note was named a "Pavarotti" after the popular Italian tenor (tenner).

Source: Bangkok Post March 06, 2021 23:48 UTC