Thread: Why does "Thai" have an "h" in it?

don't you think i could be a guy who wants to be a gal???

Originally Posted by notanameleft

don't you think i could be a guy who wants to be a gal???

I got it now....you must be my neighbor.

Originally Posted by notanameleft

don't you think i could be a guy who wants to be a gal?

Why would you want to do that? Do you like cooking, cleaning and s**king c**k?

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

Originally Posted by notanameleft

don't you think i could be a guy who wants to be a gal???

I got it now....you must be my neighbor.

yeah I am. oops!!

There are Tai and there are Thai. I always thought Thai was derived from the Tai from southern China who inhabited Thailand in it's early history?

Originally Posted by Norton

There are Tai and there are Thai. I always thought Thai was derived from the Tai from southern China who inhabited Thailand in it's early history?

Thai and Thailand, for all practical purposes, are contemporary invented infrastructures. Ask some elders what they called themselves and their Kingdom years ago. They called themselves Tai {Thai} not Siamese, and they lived in Muang Tai. Frankly, I don't know why this thread has gone this far. It's difficult to debate the European romanized phonetics. It comes down to sounds. Tai, Thai, Taiee, Thaie.....

It isn't Thailand anyway.

It's Tayland.

Originally Posted by Begbie

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Why do Thais pronounce this See Am when it's written as Sai Yam ?

The Thais do pronounce it as Sayaam among native Thai speakers. That's what I heard from them. Only farangs pronounce it as Siam and I don't know where they got their transliteration Siam from, probably from Chinese who called it Siamlo.

Originally Posted by Smeg

Why does ไทย =Thai?

Another interesting question is, why is there an "i" (or "y") behind "Thai"?

ไท is already Thai; why the extra ย behind?

Doesn't that make it "Thaii" or "Thaiy"?

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

Frankly, I don't know why this thread has gone this far.

...because Smeg needed something to complain about... again.

Dont stop now - - - it was beginning to get interesting!

Originally Posted by Spin

Originally Posted by Dan

Because it's spelt มหิดล - The last letter is (confusingly) pronounced as an l when it's at the start of a syllable but as an n at the end

Does this explain why thais mess up L and N when speaking english. like dubben(double) and appun(apple)???

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Yes

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To newbies such as myself, this thread is just totally confusing.
Which cvnt started it?
And which cvnt revived it.
I read (red) through (threw) all four pages and then got bored, (board).
Marmite was the only one who made (maid) any sense.
Fvck its the only thread thats older than me.

nice one Smeg!

Originally Posted by chassamui

Marmite was the only one who made (maid) any sense.

Get fekked.

Why does Thai have an "h" it?

It's silent like the "p" in bath.

If it didn't have an "h" in it, it would look and sound like "Tie" and since ties are out of fashion, you could become confused, and start wearin a Thai around your neck instead.

Ties are not out of fashion, at least I wear them every day.

Oh wait, you may have a point there.

Think its to do with the cantonesse influence from hk.

Thanks Trenty

Originally Posted by Trenty theman

Thanks Trenty

quite