Spelling Of La Salle Road (Sukhumvit 105) ลาซาล

[HalfSquat]

From my limited reading experience wouldn't this road ลาซาล be pronounced or translated as Laa Saan rather than LA Salle?

Can anyone explain please?

Thanks.

[rgs2001uk]

The only thing I can think of, its the Thai spelling of a French word.

Its not a Thai word, the language is littered with Thai spellings of foreign words that make no sense.

[HalfSquat]

Thanks. Could be French then.

[Mole]

It's spelled according to the French spelling, l = ล but an ล at the end of a word will be read as น (n) by Thais.

There is no way for a Thai to pronounce an l at the end of a word. They'll all be pronounced as n.

[Richard W]

And just to labour the obvious, the road is named after La Salle School, run by the La Salle Brothers, who were founded by St Jean-Baptiste de La Salle.