Thai to English Spelling

One thing that always brings a smile to my face is the vast number of mispellings and grammar errors written on signs, menus and brochures in Thailand. It does make sense, as there isn't really a correct english spelling for many Thai words, as they are written in Thai and not with the English alphabet - and therefore translated into the english alphabet by phonetics for us westerners. Therefore, I imagine much of the english they write is probably done with the same line of thinking.


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