Confusion On Spelling 'hi-so' And 'lo-so'

[farangnahrak]

I've been going happily through life spelling hi-so as ไฮโซ.

Then yesterday my gf spelled out ฮิโซ, insisting it means 'hi-so'. And that lo-so is ลิโซ.

Is this a slang way of spelling it?

[uppalux]

both came from English

and I never heard any one spell it ฮิโซ

so it's ไฮโซ

(lo so ..... "O" is sure can't be turn in to "I")

[farangnahrak]

If you google it, you'll see a large number of people spell it as ฮิโซ.

ไฮโซ is the more common spelling, according to google, but not the only one.

I'm just not sure why they have a secondary spelling . . .

[uppalux]

asking my friend , see this spelling a lot in hi5 and facebook

she said : It's cute

a teenage slang

[hiero]

Only thing I can think of is the thai lazy speak coming in, although i've never heard it pronounced 'he-soh' or spelt that way.

Lazy speak as in "ได้ยินไหม ---> changes for speaking easily into---> ดิยินไหม"

[anchan42]

It is basically a mockery of English spelling system. Not acceptable with normal usage.

The same apply the Hi5. People sometime call it ฮิไฟว์ just for fun.

Edited May 13, 2010 by anchan42

[hiero]

the thai spelling of english wods always throws me. I look at the words and instantly thing <deleted> does that mean, that's no ordinary structure then I say it with stress on the syllables.