#my original ‘complaining about calling him sand’ post did get a fair bit of traction though so

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I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS HELPFUL OR NOT but I keep meaning to share bc i do not know anyone else who would care lmao - แซนด์, phonetically pronounced Saaen (soft aae, like the word air in a "british" accent) but romanised Sand. The little garan mark above the d ด์ basically means it's there but not pronounced, usually because it's a loan word. Like in First's name, เฟิร์ส which is why you hear his name pronounced Fehd/Fuhrd.

Don't get me started on the fact this is only a rule until it's not. See: เรย์. Ray. Except the y is silent and the ae is a short, flat a like in the word cat. Except it's not because the letter y seems to be an ongoing and largely unspoken joke to the people of Thailand. And the a isn't flat because there's a y. But. And then.

Anyway.

Regardless, I will still be calling him San. Because sanray is too fucking cute and I like the fact they're going to be the antithesis of any kind of sunshine.

i did understand that thai end consonants are really more like a suggestion usually so i did figure that’s what’s going on with sa(e)n(d). i didnt know that that was how that a(e) was pronounced!! its very interesting thank you,,, i ought to somehow work on reading thai because to my knowledge literally all attempts at romanization are fucky and wrong

even in first’s name, i do know it’s there but to me i barely hear the ‘d’ at all. it just sounds like ‘fer’ with like a soft stop x_x. and oiiii what even is that for ray… we’ll just have to listen for his name said out loud i guess??

i’m mostly just waiting to see what they’ll go with for official subs at this point bc it’s just gonna be a style choice (and sometimes theyre not even consistent there like. in bmf i saw them spell his short name ‘kawi’ and his long name ‘bodkawee’ like….)

i’m biased against ‘sand’ personally for arbitrary and petty reasons, but if it’s consistently spelled that way in the official subs i will regretfully and reluctantly change. :(

#i absolutely do care thank you for sharing #also so i can bitch abt it lmao #my original ‘complaining about calling him sand’ post did get a fair bit of traction though so #i do think theres more than me who’ll care about it #rowan asks #jay c: #only friends