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Chuvit’s Angry Man Campaign Posters Translated
Chuvit: The Angry Man… The Thai press is calling Chuvit the colour of the election: สีสัน การ เลือกตั้ง /sĕe-săn gaan lêuak-dtâng/. And comparing Chuvit to the other candidates, who can argue? Chuvit is colourful, dramatic, and evocative. In your face even. So it’s no surprise that Chuvit’s powerful posters are the talk of the town. [...]
Thai Language Thai Culture: Does Written Thai Need Spaces?
Does Written Thai Need Spaces? Not! I recently read a post titled Reforming Thai Language Structure which advocated changing the Thai written language by adding spaces between words to make written Thai easier to read. The writer mentions that written Thai is a “scriptura continua” language, one that does not use spaces between words. He goes [...]
