CITIZENS of Thailand were surprised and bemused to discover that their country’s name had become a meme after US President Donald Trump mispronounced it.
Though Trump quickly switched to the correct pronunciation after his gaffe yesterday, people seized on the slip to mock the US 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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