phuket2013 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I was tutoring a student today, and his mother asked me to put his sister's name into English; however every letter of the alphabet corresponded with a number (e.g. G = 3, U = 6...). She wanted the total of all the letters in the name to equal either 9, 14 or 24... I'm guessing this is something to do with luck or superstition, can anyone shed some light on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wym Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Don't know the details, but yes, Thais are very superstitious about their names, and numerology is very big. Hadn't seen the two combined before, mildly interesting I suppose. Wouldn't want to bother finding out the specific formulas involved myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuket2013 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Yes, it was like a strange version of scrabble...! Decided to post on the off chance that anyone else had come across something similar. It's always interesting to learn more about other cultures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somchaismith Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Possibly from their vehicle's number plates or the last two digits of winning lottery numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 LOL, as long as mama pays your time generously, whatever!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuket2013 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Hahaha, very true Tingtong!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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