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**Phywhewashect** · 09-21-2012, 05:19 PM

How about asking the Thai people what they want to call their country? As outsiders, it really shouldn't matter to us. After all, Thailand is not even the name that the Thai people (or Siamese) use; they say Prahtet Thai. The "land" in Thailand is English, right?

Of course, we English-speakers call Spain, Italy, Germany, and dozens of other countries by names other than what the residents of those countries say for their own nation. And they, in turn, don't refer to the USA or England or Nipon by the right name either.

Whatchya gonna do?

09-21-2012, 05:19 PM	#18
Phywhewashect Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 537 Senior Member	How about asking the Thai people what they want to call their country? As outsiders, it really shouldn't matter to us. After all, Thailand is not even the name that the Thai people (or Siamese) use; they say Prahtet Thai. The "land" in Thailand is English, right? Of course, we English-speakers call Spain, Italy, Germany, and dozens of other countries by names other than what the residents of those countries say for their own nation. And they, in turn, don't refer to the USA or England or Nipon by the right name either. Whatchya gonna do?
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