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[Hamlay]

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[marjamlew]

Nice pic Hamlay. The Udorn ducks. And the spelling Udon or Udorn? https://www.udonmap.com/udonthaniforum/ ... t2726.html

[Shado]

According to thai-language.com...อุดรธานี = oo daawn thaa nee

[marjamlew]

I always thought that it was the natural American pronunciation to add the 'r' in Udorn and the English pronunciation that lost the 'r.'

[Shado]

The Thai word อุดรธานี equals, อุดร (Udon) / ธานี (Thani). The final consonant in อุดร is ร (raaw reuua). When translated to English the ร (raaw reuua) is pronounced as the letter "R". In some instances, such as the word Udon, when a Thai word ends in final consonant "ร" (R) it is pronounced as the letter (N) "น" (naaw nuu). It might be that English speakers (probably American servicemen) just kept the "ร" (R) sound in the word and pronounced it Udorn based on the English transcription.

Thai words can get complicated in pronunciation with the changing of the sound based on the final consonant of a word. A prime example of this is when words have a final consonant of the letter (L) "ล" (la ling). According to Thai usage the (L) sound is pronounced as an (N) "น" (naaw nuu). That's why ball becomes ban, bill becomes bin, Global becomes Globan and Central becomes Centran.

[marjamlew]

Ubon as in Ubon Ratchathani often spelt Ubol (especially on the old buses). Apple and Appen, Bhumibol (spelling) and Bhumipon (speaking).

[Hamlay]

just to clarify i wrote Udorn on purpose as that is how I say it (and how it sounds when said correctly). I trying to be clever, until you guys showed me up with your thai skills

[pomps]

And another word, always thought spelling was fahlang but KP spellchecker changes it to farang,but spellchecker misses when I post Lobbie Williams the joys of living in Siam

[marjamlew]

I always wanted to open a bar next to Mr Tongs called Pumpkin.
Tong was a good bloke. A fine host. He was off his head but knew how to have fun. Me and Wazza did a few lock ins at Tongs when he was opposite the Complek. Happy days.

[pomps]

Unfortunately Mr Tong was a bit 2 faced,had a thai bloke with me once,went to the hong nahm,and thai to thai he hated fahlangs,even got stung once on B52 checkbin,he had his time in Udon Must admit more good times than bad

Did Wazza fall off his barstool Kept hearing about that around town,am sure Sport can update and confirm