#thai

[frontmansdefender]

I grew up in Thailand and I remember growing up with THIS AD on our TV. also I can confirm a lot of Thai ads are this unhinged, we didn’t even know how funny they were because they were just so common there you could literally see something this unhinged on your TV all the time lmaooooo

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[yfdmu]

@pinkypixie19 & @mali.sleepy

[ikuzeminna]

I need your help with a hypothesis!

For context: My linguistics professor and I got into a discussion after a test she did with us, and I was of the opinion that the reason for the results was different from the one she offered, so she encouraged me to test my theory.

What I need

All you need to do is draw a coffee cup (with a handle, not the disposable stuff) and then answer three questions.

I don't need to see the coffee cup. You can draw it wherever you like; on a piece of paper, digitally, in the sand, on a foggy window. Anything works. It does not have to be good. A doodle is fine.

You have to draw the coffee cup before you see the questions. This is very important. If you decide to help me with this, please doodle the coffee cup before you keep reading.

Assuming you have drawn the coffee cup, I now need you to answer these three questions:

On which side did you draw the handle?

Are you right-handed or left-handed?

Do you primarily write using the Latin alphabet or a different one? (please specify which)

More context

Most people will draw the handle on the right side. My professor says it's because most people are right-handed, so they draw the handle in the direction that would be comfortable for them to pick up.

I said drawing it on the right side just felt more comfortable to my hand and argued it's probably because we write a bunch of letters like that. B, b, D, P, p, R all look like a tiny "handle on the right side" and are all a straight line followed by a round one (so "cup first, handle second," like most people draw cups). The Latin alphabet doesn't have letters like that that face the other way, except maybe d, depending on how you write it, so it makes sense to me that people writing mostly Latin letters would go with the handle on the right side.

Which means that I need to know what Asians, Arabs and Greeks do and if the distribution of left and right sides of handles differs from the Latin alphabet group. Cyrillic seems to favor right, too, though it'd be interesting to see if there are differences.

If there are, my theory is right. Doubly so if there is a sizeable increase in a group whose alphabet has letters that benefit the left side choice.

So feel free to spread this to as many people as you like and put the answers in the comments or the tags of a reblog. The more answers I get, the better I can assess whose theory is better.

Thank you for your help!

[toyastales]

Thai Sweet Chili Ribs

[pointlesscandies]

Back in my day there used to be a Mark Pakin in every Thai show you watched. Every show. Every genre. You’d turn on GMMTV and there he was—didn’t matter if it was a romantic drama or a cooking competition, he’d just be there, like some benevolent spirit haunting Thai lgbtq+ media. We didn’t question it. We just accepted it. That was the world we lived in. It was beautiful.

[yuhuanmao]

ဗာလည်ကွေး/balanykwe 

ဗာလည်ကွေး/balanykwe was an armor that was worn in the area around the front of the shoulders to secure the tunic underneath for the armies of different countries: Burmese, Mon, Thai and Shan. Its exact origins are unsure.

This post focuses more basing on the information from Burmese sources of which I found.

The pronunciation, according to the Burmese wiki: (balanykwe:) Its also called as ပါလည်ကွေး. The last two words လည်ကွေး means neckwear while the first word ဗာ could have been added from the Mon language. The usage of such amor made with leather in Burmese armies were recorded from the Pinya Period (14th century) to the Konbaung Era(last dynasty). Assuming so, the usage during the time of Pinya Kingdom falls directly into place during one of Burma's most turbulent peroids in history when many small kingdoms had power struggles and numerous wars (of which a major war was the 40 years between Hanthawaddy Kingdom and Ava Kingdom) war under the shadow of the fallen Pagan/Bagan Kingdom.

These are statues of King Saw Yun of Sagaing Kingdom(which was roughly around the same time as the Pinya Kingdom), King Razadarit of Hanthwaddy Kingdom, King Bayinnaung from Toungoo Empire.

The Balanykwe was made with leather and was used as a protection until ammunition began to be used in battlefield as the Balanykwe wasn't able to protect the person from bullets.

It didn't stop the usage though. There are depictions and photos of generals wearing the Blanykwe into the Konbaung period, long after ammunition were introduced to warfare in Burma.

A noted difference of such Balanykwe in Burma was that it had more 'spike' wings compared to its other counterparts and were more extravagant. For example, in the thai variant of the same piece, there are not as much multiple wings.

In addition to warfare, it was long used by burmese royals as part of the states robes for both men and women.

It was especially used by both queens and princesses in the Konbaung Dynasty.

Worn by Burmese Princesses

And notably by Supayalat(last chief queen consort of Burma, queen to her half-brother Thibaw).

In addition to the Burmese, it was also worn by the Shan Sawbwas in a similar style.

Additionally, it became a part of Burmese theatrical costumes.

Likewise, it also appears on Burmese Traditional Marionettes.

[folkfashion]

Phu Thai woman, Thailand, by Biw Chatree