infinity11 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Why is there an h at all? Before i google it post it here just for you. (Why is any letter silent for that matter ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdanielmcev Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) T and th are different sounds. Why? Because people blindly follow 'authority' figures. Though tough, I'm through. Edited January 30, 2015 by sdanielmcev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAS21 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) Maybe the same reason why| p in bath is silent... Edited January 30, 2015 by JAS21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Another one with way too much time on their hands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 It's not silent in the words Hua Hin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Maybe the same reason why| p in bath is silent... both the t and h are silent in barff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Because Prayuth ordered it to remain silent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 After having driven through Arkansas and Tennessee, where celebrity chef Paula Dean is worshipped to the grave for her gravies, I'd say you could call those places Thailand, and feel free to pronounce the "h." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tolsti Posted January 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2015 Why is the 'h in herbs' silent in Amurrican? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gecko123 Posted January 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2015 Because in the Thai language Thailand is spelled with the letter 'taw thahan' (ท) which is a slightly aspirated 't' sound. By convention, the letter 'taw thahan' is transliterated into English as 'th' to reflect that it has a slightly aspirated 't' sound. This is as opposed to the letter 'taw tao' (ต), for example, which is unaspirated and transliterated into English as 't'. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinity11 Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 because then it would be thigh land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 because then it would be thigh land Why are the g and h silent in "thigh" then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurwait Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Maybe it's because I'm a Sarf Londoner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patsycat Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I have a rather apealing lithp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss1960 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 when I tink doo much then i have to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss1960 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 because then it would be thigh land Why are the g and h silent in "thigh" then? only in Sandmaneese... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loptr Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 If you were to study the Thai language you would know why the H is silent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 because then it would be thigh land Years ago when i lived in Australia,my then wife's Mother and Father decided to go to Thailand for a holiday,he had never been out of Australia and did not want to go really,as i had been several times,he asked me what the food was like in thighland,when i stopped laughing,i told him the H was silent,but he would'nt have it,even admitting when they returned from the trip,he had a good time in Thighland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toknarok Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Had a randy mate who went to Phuket simply because he thought it was called **** it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Because Prayuth ordered it to remain silent. No that would be "speech adjustment" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) I've always called it Thighland. My mystery has always been why did the get rid of the g & h and add the a? Edited January 31, 2015 by chrisinth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurwait Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Thighland a place with an unstable and cratered surface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) Better close this pandora box about Thai English transcription Why an "H"? Because its the rule ! Someone here who believes in the logic of natural languages? There are rules named RTGS, but who cares http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Thai_General_System_of_Transcription The rules are unfit for English native speakers, as the vocals follow "rest of the world". "U" is an "OO" for the English and so on. Even better: why an "H" in Baht? The "H" is wrong by the rules and it should read "Bat". Enough for that, My advice: except you want to go into the details: forget it! A complete utter mess. BTW: who knows a place named "Phatthaya" Edited January 31, 2015 by KhunBENQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinity11 Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 some intellegent and funny replies thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 If you were to study the Thai language you would know why the H is silent... and just how do you spell Thailand in the Thai language? study that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Please, when you work this one out, can you tell us why " ph" ( as in phone ) and " gh" ( as in cough ) are pronounced as an "F"??? Been wondering all of my liphe, or is it lighe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Joe Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) The way we treat "ough" is a good example why I think English must be at least ten times harder than learning Thai. “Though the tough cough and hiccough plough him through” Edited January 31, 2015 by Smokin Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 ... can you tell us why " ph" ( as in phone ) and " gh" ( as in cough ) are pronounced as an "F"???For the first one, it's because people decide to stop bothering to pronounce 'ph' and 'f' differently. When the Romans first paid attention to how Greeks spoke, the Greeks had a 'ph' sound which didn't sound at all like a Latin 'f', so the Romans wrote it 'ph'. Later, the Greeks changed the sound to 'f', but Western Europe north of the Alps mostly continues to write it 'ph' because it used not to sound the same way as Latin 'f'. "Gh" is not pronounced as 'f' in English words; it is 'ugh' that is sometimes pronounced as 'f'. ('Van Gogh' is pronounced as though the second part were written 'Gough'.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliot Rosewater Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Why is the 'h in herbs' silent in Amurrican? Since you appear to be such a genius, perhaps you can explain why is the "h" in "hour" is silent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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