IN Thailand, The Lord of the Rings is the rord of the lings. Thais mix their “L” and “R”, according to Christopher Wright, a 29-year-old British-Thai who wrote two pocketbooks in Thai, Farang Kao Jai, Kon Thai Get Part I and II (English That Foreigners Understand and Thais Know How To Use).
Bad pronunciation is one of the problems Thais have with speaking English, notes Wright.
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