Re: OT-again-anybody know anything about Bangkok?

Aqua <aqua@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> Ann Burlingham wrote:
> > EveningStarTwo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 writes:
> >
> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok
> >> I read that one too.  Ain't no way I'm gonna try to pronounce all
that.
> > Krung Thep? Pretty much the way it's spelled.
> > When rendered into English, Thai is pretty phonetic - just take your
> > time and sould it out.
> 
> Apart from the fact that "ph" is a "p" sound, not an "f" sound.  I
> think it was Germans who came up with the latinised version?  Also I
> know Thai people who complain that there's tone and similar
> information lost in the latinised version.

Tones, sure. Eek as to tones.

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