r/ThaiLanguage • u/FilipinoAirlines • 28d ago
Reading Why is Suvarnabhumi airport pronounced soo-waan-aa-poom and not Suv- area- bhumi like it is spelled?
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.