.. Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Ok, I am renewing the Thai passports for my kids. The instructions say à ¸£à ¸¹à ¸?à ¸?à ¹?à ¸²à ¸¢ à ¸ªà ¸µ à ¸?à ¸?à ¸²à ¸? 2 x 2 à ¸?à ¸´à ¹?à ¸§. OK, color photos, sized 2x2 . What the feck is a à ¸?à ¸´à ¹?à ¸§ (niw?)? I am assuming 2x2 inch is what they want since that is a normal size but I want to make sure... Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passingthru69 Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Well I had the mrs. try and read it. All I can figure out is she is saying nail. Pointing to her finger nail. I think it means new. not nail.. Like current photos. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 I think niw means inch. Not sure why. Maybe something to do with niw meu, finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom_Jao_Choo Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 I think you have it worked out. The last entry in a thai2english search sias à ¹?à ¸¡à ¹?à ¸?à ¸´à ¹?à ¸§ maÃŒÂi-niÃŒÂw a board with 1 inch thick ; a plank with 1 inch thickness ; 1-inch-thick board ; 1-inch-thick plank So 2x, sounds like you worked it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Why you don't change to SI - in all scientific fields you must use it anyhow and the cost to change will be bigger for every day. OK, niu = inch thumb is niu bong (+ one longer), finger is niu my inch btw was the thumb size of the king, the same with the feet - a new king = new measures so in the end impractical and expensive and later they decided not to change for every new king. So which egyptian king's measures are the ones we now use. I just remember that 1 inch = 2.54 cm, with that knowledge you can convert the most. :grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 SD, you never bought a TV in Bangkok? Always quoted in "à ¸?à ¸´à ¹?à ¸§ (niw)" - never figured out the connection either. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Hi, In Dutch they used to have a measurement similar to inch, a 'thumb'. I'm guessing that in Thai the connection is similar. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 In Sweden we had in the 18hundreds tum (thumb - inch), fot (foot), aln (3 feet) and mil (mile) but of course not the same as the english measures, BTW we still have a mil but now it's 10 km. PS. The aln (roman ulna) was from the elbow to the tip of the longfinger and divided in 2 (not 3) feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooNoi Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Looks about the same distance as your avartar's fingers, SD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Origin of the inch... "The English word inch comes from Latin uncia meaning "one twelfth part" (in this case, one twelfth of a foot); the word ounce (one twelfth of a troy pound) has the same origin. "In some other languages, the word for "inch" is similar to or the same as the word for "thumb"; for example, French: pouce inch, pouce thumb; Italian: pollice inch, pollice thumb; Spanish: pulgada inch, pulgar thumb; Portuguese: polegada inch, polegar thumb; Danish/Norwegian: tomme inch, tommel thumb; Swedish: tum inch, tumme thumb; Dutch: duim inch, duim thumb; Sanskrit: Angulam inch, Anguli Finger." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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