The recent earthlings are full of anger in their hearts, and any fart can be used to lift the bar.
You say that you like to watch "Pirates of the Caribbean", people say that you like Pirates of the Caribbean is to support Depp, to support Depp is to oppose his ex-wife, to oppose her ex-wife is to oppose feminism, to oppose feminism is to stink straight men against humanity...
You say I don't like Pirates of the Caribbean, and people say, don't like the Caribbean, you can? Don't like the Caribbean Do you like Pleasant Goat? You evil cultural nationalists, holding your main Chinese theme, go to yourself...
Of course, this is not a phenomenon unique to China, but a globally synchronized trend.
The masses of the people are fighting in the sky, the joy is endless, the war abortion, the war gun, the war Chinese medicine is wasted, the war squints, any chicken and garlic skin you can't imagine can blossom on the bar, rise to the height of whether you believe in the existence of the universe or not.
Thailand, too.
For how to write a number, there was a quarrel again.
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At the end of May 2022, a Thai website called Change launched an online co-signing campaign.
The petition is to demand that the Thai government ban Thai numerals in all official documents and use Arabic numerals instead.
First of all, what does this appeal mean?
There are generally two types of written figures in Thailand, one is a common Arabic numeral and the other is a Thai numeral – this is the following lump:
In fact, this is equivalent to requiring only "1234" in official documents and prohibiting "one two three four".
Why?
First, Thai numbers hinder digital management, some computer systems are difficult to identify, and Thai numbers in paper documents are prone to errors when scanned into electronic files, the initiators said.
Moreover, Arabic numerals are universal characters, "advanced, universal, and convenient", representing the development direction of the advanced productive forces of human civilization.
Moreover, Thai figures can only be understood by Thais and cannot be understood by foreigners, which is not conducive to the openness and internationalization of Thailand's information, and hinders internal and external communication.
After the website was signed, in fact, it did not get much support, and the netizens who participated in the signature online were only a few thousand, and in Thailand, which has a population of more than 70 million, there is no splash.
However, on social platforms, this topic has been very strangely searched, causing a huge controversy.
Proponents argue that Arabic numerals are easy to understand and common, and that Thai numerals have many inconveniences, all thanks to the obsession of conservatives for so many years, and should have been changed a long time ago.
Opponents believe that the expulsion of Thai figures from Thai kumon is a number of forgotten ancestors, in order to change Thailand, and a rampant attack on Thai traditional culture by Westernized foreign slaves. If we let it go, abolish the numbers today, change the era tomorrow, and change the language and change the language, will the country not be a country?
You don't look at this matter as if it is very nonsensical, in fact, it has been a big war for several rounds.
In the 13th century, the Thai people borrowed from ancient Indian scripts and Khmer scripts to create a combination of Thai, and the numbers are naturally written Thai numbers.
In 1942, in order to integrate with the international community, the Luan Phibun government carried out a series of drastic movements to change customs and customs, changing clothes, changing etiquette, changing national names, new languages, and for the first time legislating to require the replacement of Thai numerals with Arabic numerals in official documents.
Three years later, the policy was repealed and Thai official documents resumed using Thai numerals. Since then, Thailand's successive military governments have become more retro than the other, so the rule of "using Thai numbers for official documents" has been continued.
At the turn of the century in 2000, when the Arabic numeral "2000" was used all over Thailand, a bunch of slogans such as "2000 Thailand Science and Technology Year" and "New Era of Education 2000" were used all over Thailand.
At this moment, the rule of "Kumon Tai Number" was actually broken.
The Cultural and Educational Committee of the House of Lords of Thailand decided to "kill and kill this demonic wind", so it issued an order through the cabinet that, except in necessary special circumstances, the use of Arabic numerals in official documents throughout the country is strictly prohibited, and requires organs and units at all levels to prohibit the use of the Gregorian calendar and uniformly use the Buddhist calendar.
What "2000"? Thailand is only in tatters, and this year is not 2000, it is 2543 in the Buddhist calendar!
Today, in an era of high social rifts in Thailand, what was originally a small technical issue has become a new focus of contention between "conservatives" and "progressives."
Writing Thai numbers is the old demon of the former dynasty, writing About Arabia is a fake foreign devil, all issues are demonized and weaponized, and there is no room for healthy and rational discussion.
Logos, regulations, policies, decorations, celebrity styling, saliva posts, almost everything will trigger conflict and resistance, Thailand's original "openness and tolerance" is increasingly replaced by "political correctness" that is about to die.
If we want to continue like this, I don't know what Thailand will do in the future.
As a foreigner, we are inconvenient to take sides in Thailand's "numbers battle".
But one thing is certain, what numbers to use, that is the Thai nation, the Thai people themselves, what people love to use, what people love to use, can not be what universalist principles to blindly mix, there is no need to be too on the line.
For us, of course, it is more convenient to write Arabic numerals, but is it inconvenient for you to consider Thai documents?
Besides, if you don't even recognize the Thai numbers, then the text of the Thai Kumon is definitely a book of heaven for you, whether you can read it or not is not bad, the locals can understand it.
As for the scan-to-format, it is not a reason. When technology can't recognize language, it should of course prioritize ways to change the technology, rather than changing the language itself.
What is there to argue about?
Fellow Thais, learn more Thai numerals so you don't get caught up in the Thai menu (although I've never seen a menu priced with Thai numerals).
As for the relevant Thai units, I suggest that it is best to add parentheses after the Buddhist calendar year and the Thai numerals, and note the corresponding Gregorian calendar years and Arabic numerals - especially foreign-related notification documents.
If it's inconvenient, forget it.
As for the Thai numbers, they are deep-rooted cultural symbols of Thailand, and there is no need to abandon them, nor can they give them up. The two sets of figures should perform their respective duties, complement each other's strengths, and divide labor and cooperation.
When commemorating the Ninth King, it is necessary to use the Thai word "๙", which is not grand in [9].
Mobile phone signal, then directly [5G] is good, do not have to be hard written as [輽G].
This world is rich and colorful, diverse and symbiotic. It is also ever-changing and constantly evolving.
The existence of the self should not be abandoned for the sake of immediate utilitarianism; Nor should a certain state become a sacred taboo and cut off the vitality of evolution.
Most importantly, everything is good to discuss, it is their own person, and there is no need to argue for such a broken thing. It is much more important to say that the most cherished "trait" of the Thai nation is the inclusive generosity and the wisdom of keeping pace with the times, which is far more important than the number of more than a handful of entanglements.
The Ancestors of the Thai people who invented the Thai language, the ancestors of India who invented numbers and Sanskrit letters, if there is a spirit in heaven, they will probably agree to it... (Editor: Yue Han)