Shoppers walking though a clothing market in Bangkok, Thailand. Citizens of Thailand were surprised and bemused on Friday (Aug 8) to discover their country's name had become a social media meme after US President Donald Trump mispronounced it. - AP
BANGKOK, Aug 7 (Reuters): Citizens of Thailand were surprised and bemused on Friday to discover their country's name had become a social media meme after US President Donald Trump mispronounced it.
Though Trump quickly switched to the correct pronunciation, people quickly seized on the slip to mock the U.S. leader online as #Thighland became one of the top-trending Twitter hashtags in Thailand with 32,000 tweets and in the top 25 in the United States with over 156,000, according to the tracking site Twitscoop.
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