Popular Post snoop1130 Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 Not 'Thigh-land': Thais amused at Trump's slip By Patpicha Tanakasempipat FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump wears a protective face mask due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic as he talks with workers while touring a Whirlpool Corporation washing machine factory in Clyde, Ohio, U.S., August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts BANGKOK (Reuters) - Citizens of Thailand were surprised and bemused on Friday to discover their country’s name had become a social media meme after U.S. President Donald Trump mispronounced it. Though Trump quickly switched to the correct pronunciation, people quickly seized on the slip to mock the U.S. leader online as #Thighland became one of the top-trending Twitter hashtags in Thailand with 32,000 tweets and in the top 25 in the United States with over 156,000, according to the tracking site Twitscoop. The English-language online newspaper Thai Enquirer changed its Twitter name to "Thigh Enquirer" early Friday morning and ran an article on the mistake. TNN Online also reported the news here as did Thailand's Voice TV, and Matichon newspaper. One online joker wrote that Thighland was located on a cartographic leg between “Kneepal” and “Ankola”. The American president made the gaffe during a speech in Ohio while explaining how his trade war with China had forced factories to move production to Southeast Asian countries, Vietnam and, as he pronounced it, “Thi-land”. In the next breath, Trump got it right, saying: “Thailand and Vietnam - two places that I like their leaders very much.” The meme escalated when conservative American pundit and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, who was pardoned by Trump after a conviction of violating campaign finance law, argued in a series of tweets that “Thighland” is in fact the correct pronunciation. Rikker Dockum, a professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College, told Reuters that Trump’s second pronunciation - with an aspirated hard “t” instead of a soft “th” sound - is the widely used one in both Thai and English. “Among English speakers around the world, this is not a disputed pronunciation,” he added. -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-08-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 2 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2 is 1 Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Sometimes it's really tight land . What i have notice , girls are! From down low. Edited August 7, 2020 by 2 is 1 1 8 1 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dumbastheycome Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 Th-ick ? Maybe distracted by thoughts of his "Press" Secretary? Sigh ! Thigh ! Tie ? Thai? Who knew that? It is what it is ! 3 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CorpusChristie Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 Slight miss pronunciation , quickly corrected , quite funny really , no doubt the Anti Trumpers will make a big issue out of it 40 1 9 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thequietman Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 24 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: Not 'Thigh-land' I dunno! He's not far off with his comment. ???? 17 4 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YetAnother Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 23 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: Citizens of Thailand were surprised and bemused on Friday to discover their country’s name had become a social media meme after U.S. President Donald Trump mispronounced it multiple sides to this: yes he is an idiot, yes he used a mildly sexual descriptor , which is what most of the west thinks of thailand 4 1 9 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 22 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: #Thighland Given what Thighland is famous in particular something that doesn't officially exist then maybe the President isn't too far of the mark .. 17 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johnray Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 The mask is cutting off oxygen to his brain. 6 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JeffersLos Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 Perhaps he saw the video of Obama meeting Yingluck. 2 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChouDoufu Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 with all the recent talk and well-wishing of ms. maxwell, perhaps his mind was preoccupied with mr. epstein's wonderland. 4 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChouDoufu Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 38 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: In the next breath, Trump got it right, saying: “Thailand and Vietnam - two places that I like their leaders very much.” ah, democracy! 12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, JeffersLos said: Perhaps he saw the video of Obama meeting Yingluck. https://imgur.com/u6eXbmW.jpg Did not make Michelle happy Edited August 7, 2020 by ThailandRyan 3 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jmccarty Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 Not nice to poke fun at idiots! 3 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vermin on arrival Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 "The meme escalated when conservative American pundit and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, who was pardoned by Trump after a conviction of violating campaign finance law, argued in a series of tweets that “Thighland” is in fact the correct pronunciation. " LOL! 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThreeEyedRaven Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 Possibly just a Freudian slip, where the mouth comes out with what the brain is really thinking of. I had it once, ordering a ticket at the train station to Tooting, and the girl had a lovely pair of knockers and I asked for a ticket to Titting. Told my mate about about it who told me he had had one that morning too. Meant to say to the wife at breakfast, "please can you pass the milk." Actually came out with, "You miserable <deleted> shrew! You have ruined my entire life!" 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Seems to be becoming Xenophobialand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ratcatcher Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 30 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said: Slight miss pronunciation , quickly corrected , quite funny really , no doubt the Anti Trumpers will make a big issue out of it Quite so. I know some farangs that can't even pronounce the island of Phuket properly. Usually ends up as Fooket or an even saltier version. 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TallGuyJohninBKK Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) 36 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said: Slight miss pronunciation , quickly corrected , quite funny really , no doubt the Anti Trumpers will make a big issue out of it Dunno about that. His original mispronunciation "Thigh-land" is probably the first correct thing he's said as president in a long time. And at least, he didn't call this place Taiwan... Apparently, his recent Facebook and Twitter takedown has the "stable genius" rattled... Edited August 7, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiacurious Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, vermin on arrival said: "The meme escalated when conservative American pundit and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, who was pardoned by Trump after a conviction of violating campaign finance law, argued in a series of tweets that “Thighland” is in fact the correct pronunciation. " LOL! Ever the sycophant! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post elliss Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 35 minutes ago, thequietman said: I dunno! He's not far off with his comment. ???? Wife told me she's going too the Village again . Mama sick , again .. Ps , i bought them boots for her , happy birthday , again.. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Captain_Bob Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 Trump is doing for the US what Yingluck did for Thailand: Providing almost daily sources of cheap laughs. Yesterday's Yo-Semite is today's Thigh-Land ???? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tlandtday Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 Regardless of what you you think of Trump this is not a news article and the writer is surely not a real journalist. This is junk journalism at its finest. An opinion piece and not a very well written one at that. The author better stick to writing accolades about Xi and his merry gang lol. 4 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post welovesundaysatspace Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 Give this man a rest. He practiced so hard to remember the difference between an elephant and a giraffe, then he had to say Yosemite on top of all that (and almost got it right!) and now this. You can’t seriously expect the president of the United States to get all this right. Don’t forget he has much more pressing concerns to deal with, like playing golf and tweeting like a teenager on 4chan. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post welovesundaysatspace Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 12 minutes ago, tlandtday said: This is junk journalism at its finest. Because that’s the only thing Donald Dumb produces: junk. 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Seismic Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 59 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said: Slight miss pronunciation , quickly corrected , quite funny really , no doubt the Anti Trumpers will make a big issue out of it Very common for Trump, who, as we know has the reading and language ability of an 8 year old. I am also certain he has absolutely no idea who the leaders of Vietnam and Thailand are, just as he recently showed that he has no idea that Beirut is in Lebanon. It must be so embarrassing for Americans to listen to a man who clearly is incapable of carrying out the functions of the office he holds. 10 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 So, nevermind! Now the guy is a dyslectic as well. Good on you Mr. President! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Meat Pie 47 Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, johnray said: The mask is cutting off oxygen to his brain. What brain? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post asiacurious Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 3 hours ago, vermin on arrival said: "The meme escalated when conservative American pundit and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, who was pardoned by Trump after a conviction of violating campaign finance law, argued in a series of tweets that “Thighland” is in fact the correct pronunciation. " LOL! 2 hours ago, asiacurious said: Ever the sycophant! Adding this rather on point tweet to the conversation.... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Damrongsak Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 "One online joker wrote that Thighland was located on a cartographic leg between “Kneepal” and “Ankola”. " ... 5555 Back in 1977/78, it was Thighland to me. Then I got married ... ???? 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Captain Monday Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Seriously doubt he could find Thigh-Land on a globe. Trump is the least internationally traveled President in recent history. Other than golfing, visits to his second homes, and groveling before North Koreans, few want his visit anyway. He cant even pronounce Yosemite, a word any American child of 6 knows. So lets cut him some slack on this one. Edited August 7, 2020 by Captain Monday 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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