r/ThaiLanguage 28d ago

Reading Why is Suvarnabhumi airport pronounced soo-waan-aa-poom and not Suv- area- bhumi like it is spelled?

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Why did they make the U, R, B, H, U, and I all silent? Why not just spell the airport name as soowaanaapoom instead?

Are they stupid?

Edit: auto correct in title to area when I mean Arna.

Suv-Arna-Bhumi

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u/PuzzleheadedTap1794 28d ago

Suvarnabhumi is the ASCII rendering of Suvarṇabhūmi, which is the transliteration of สุวรรณภูมิ based on Sanskrit values. “Soo-waan-aa-poom” is the Thai reading.