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    help again

    I hope someone can help me or tell me where to go for help.
    I have a great nephew, and a neice. They want me to write their
    name in Thai.

    Devon

    Juanita

    Could someone help me ?

    Thanks,

    Mike

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    Devon is a tough one.
    there is no 'v' sound in Thai as such and they tend to use the Thai character which makes a 'w' sound.

    a friend of mine had his name tattooed on his arm as 'Dewid' his name is David.

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    How about:

    เดวน or เดวล

    จุหานิทา

    Tuk

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    จุหานิทา
    No Thai fonts; but this would not be pronounced correctly. Eliminate this part; จุห and replace it with "wah wan" and a Thai would pronounce it almost perfectly.

    The above spellings of "devon" are about as close as you're ever gonna get. Maybe the squiggly line symbol above the "wah wan" character, The one next to the underscore character on my keyboard, making the sara "a" more like the eh sound for Thais. looked in my books can't find the name of it...
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    If "Juanita" is pronounced Spanish way then it maybe like this:

    หัวนิทา

    Tuk

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    THANKS

    Thanks everyone, all the family were really pleased to see their names
    in Thai. I can't wait to move over this summer.

    whittler

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    I don't have Thai font on my laptop so I can't write it out in Thai, but
    my spelling of Juanita would go:

    wor wua..sara ah..nor noo..sara ee..tor tahan..sara a

    At least that's how we pronounce it in Australia: Wah-nee-ta

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    I don't have Thai font on my laptop so I can't write it out in Thai, but my spelling of Juanita would go:
    wor wua..sara ah..nor noo..sara ee..tor tahan..sara a
    Humm... you know the letters names but have no Thai fonts. I can write and read but don't know the name of even one letter

    Tuk

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    This page apparantly translates English to Thai as you type it on the keyboard. It's pretty cool but as I can't read Thai I can't vouch for it's accuracy.

    Virtual Thai Keyboard
    Last edited by shehiredahitman; 02-02-2007 at 01:28 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tukata
    Quote: I don't have Thai font on my laptop so I can't write it out in Thai, but my spelling of Juanita would go: wor wua..sara ah..nor noo..sara ee..tor tahan..sara a Humm... you know the letters names but have no Thai fonts. I can write and read but don't know the name of even one letter Tuk
    My PC at home in Bangsaen has Thai font, but we are in Australia at the moment and my laptop doesn't.

    Tuk, if someone asks you to spell something in Thai over the phone, how do you do it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by shehiredahitman View Post
    This page apparantly translates English to Thai as you type it on the keyboard. It's pretty cool but as I can't read Thai I can't vouch for it's accuracy.

    Virtual Thai Keyboard
    No, it doesn't translate - it just allows you to type in Thai or in English.

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    Tuk, if someone asks you to spell something in Thai over the phone, how do you do it?
    Well, in 20 years it never happened. No Thai will ask Falang to spell words. Of course I can learn the names in one day but never found the need or the use.

    Tuk

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    Unless of course, you are a farang and speak Thai, and they want to test the depth of your skills. That happens!

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