Holy shit what a good idea for them.
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Link to video
This is the smartest promotional idea a damn dictionary publisher has ever had. I can't believe that (1) anyone there even thought to reach out to him and (2) the idea was then allowed to go forward.
In absolute terms it's completely unimpressive but we're talking about engaging dictionary content. That exists, in reality.
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More surprising is that the fact that James May apparently has a Finnish love-child.
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55555 He is so true.
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Hey, TG, Why do you have so many 55555s in your posts? I have watched and thought it would become clear to me over time. But...it hasn't. So please shed some light on this so I don't feel so dense.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Hey, TG, Why do you have so many 55555s in your posts? I have watched and thought it would become clear to me over time. But...it hasn't. So please shed some light on this so I don't feel so dense.
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Hey, TG, Why do you have so many 55555s in your posts? I have watched and thought it would become clear to me over time. But...it hasn't. So please shed some light on this so I don't feel so dense.
@Mik said in Holy shit what a good idea for them.:
Hey, TG, Why do you have so many 55555s in your posts? I have watched and thought it would become clear to me over time. But...it hasn't. So please shed some light on this so I don't feel so dense.
In Thai language, the number "5" is pronounced like "ha". So, 555 is ha ha ha.
Kind of like LOL in English.
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@Mik said in Holy shit what a good idea for them.:
Ha! I mean..5!
I knew there was something behind that I just didn’t understand.
Straightup I thought it because she was posting on an international phone of some sort. Holy crap I've probably thought that for years if not a decade.
Please love yourself.
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I just know you were always the first in class to put your hand up for every question.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Just out of curiousity, TG, is there any number in Thai that is pronounced 'Bwah'? Like maybe 7...
75555555!
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Crap. There isn't.
https://www.into-asia.com/thai_language/reference/numbers.php
Interesting that zero is pronounced 'soon'. I think our politicians are speaking Thai.
'Mr. President, when will we see results?'
'Soon'.
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Just out of curiousity, TG, is there any number in Thai that is pronounced 'Bwah'? Like maybe 7...
75555555!
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Just out of curiousity, TG, is there any number in Thai that is pronounced 'Bwah'? Like maybe 7...
75555555!
@Mik said in Holy shit what a good idea for them.:
Just out of curiousity, TG, is there any number in Thai that is pronounced 'Bwah'? Like maybe 7...
75555555!
In various Chinese dialects, the number 8 often has a pronunciation that is closest to the “ba” sound.
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@Mik said in Holy shit what a good idea for them.:
Just out of curiousity, TG, is there any number in Thai that is pronounced 'Bwah'? Like maybe 7...
75555555!
In various Chinese dialects, the number 8 often has a pronunciation that is closest to the “ba” sound.
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@Mik said in Holy shit what a good idea for them.:
Just out of curiousity, TG, is there any number in Thai that is pronounced 'Bwah'? Like maybe 7...
75555555!
In various Chinese dialects, the number 8 often has a pronunciation that is closest to the “ba” sound.
@Axtremus said in Holy shit what a good idea for them.:
@Mik said in Holy shit what a good idea for them.:
Just out of curiousity, TG, is there any number in Thai that is pronounced 'Bwah'? Like maybe 7...
75555555!
In various Chinese dialects, the number 8 often has a pronunciation that is closest to the “ba” sound.
Yep, in Taiwan, Fathers day is August 8.
Month = 8
Day = 8Pronounced: ba ba (or close to papa). So that is why is it fathers day on that date!!
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@Mik said in Holy shit what a good idea for them.:
Ha! I mean..5!
I knew there was something behind that I just didn’t understand.
Straightup I thought it because she was posting on an international phone of some sort. Holy crap I've probably thought that for years if not a decade.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Holy shit what a good idea for them.:
Holy crap I've probably thought that for years if not a decade.
5555555!
