Monthly Archives: August 2007

Et ord om dagen giver skum på kagen

Det er med stor sorg at jeg må forlade mine kolleger som har lært mig så meget.
I regretfully leave my colleagues who have taught me so much
Liam har ondt i maven. Det er synd for ham. God bedring Liam!
Liam has stomach ache. It’ is pitiful for him. Happy recovery Liam!
Uden for på parkeringspladsen åbner udlændingestyrelsen [...]

Thai Transcription

Systems, such as Royal Thai (RTGS) and ISO 11940, exist for transcribing Thai using the Latin alphabet. However, the reverse, transcribing English using the Thai script, has not been standardized, and may never be. What follows is an attempt for fun.


b

ch

d

f


g

h

j

k


l

m

n

ng


p

r

s

ṣh


t

th

v

w


y

z

–ว–
[ua]
–วย
[uɛj]
–อ
[ɔː]
–ำ
[ɑm]

–ั –
[ɑ]
–า
[aː]
–ิ
[i]
–ี
[iː]

–ึ
[ɯ]
–ื
[ɯː]
–ุ
[u]
–ู
[uː]

เ–็ –
[e]
เ–
[eː]
เ–ิ –
[ɤ]
เ–อ
[ɤː]

แ–็ –
[ɛ]
แ–
[ɛː]
โ–
[oː]
ใ–,ไ–
[ɑj]

There are far more characters in Thai than in the Latin [...]

Hello World!

Albanian
Pershëndetje Botë

Arabic
اهلا و سهلا (ahlan wa sahlan)

Armenian
Բարե՛ւ, աշխարհ։ (barev ash’kharh)

Azeri
Salam Dünya

Czech
Ahoj Světe!

Basque/Euskara
Kaixo mundua!

Belarusian
(Pryvitan’ne, Swet!)

Bemba
Shani Mwechalo!

Bengali
Shagatam Prithivi!

Bosnian
Zdravo Svijete!

Brazilian Portuguese
Oi mundo!

Bulgarian
(Zdrav’ei svi’at)

Catalan
Hola món!

Chinese
(ni hao shi jie)

Croatian
Bok Svijete!

Danish
Hej, Verden!

Dutch
Hallo, wereld!

English
Hello World!

Esperanto
Saluton mondo!

Estonian
Tere maailm!

Finnish
Hei maailma!

French
Salut le Monde!

Frisian
Hallo, wrâld!

Galician
Ola mundo!

German
Hallo Welt!

Greek
Γεια σου κόσμε! (Geia soy kosme)

Hebrew
(Shalom Olam)

Hindi
(namaste duniya)

Hmong
Nyob zoo ntiaj teb.

Hungarian
Helló világ!

Icelandic
Hallo, Heimur!

Indonesian
Halo Dunia!

Irish
Dia dhaoibh, a dhomhain!

Italian
Ciao Mondo!

Japanese
(konnichiwa sekai)

Kannada
(namaste prapancha)

Korean
(annyeong, [...]