Tuesday, August 21, 2012

UPDATED: Suggestions to Kampong Thom road sign

Dear KI-Media,


I would like to make two suggestions as possible alternatives to the Kampong Thom road sign:

Normally, we use exclamation marks sparingly in official writing (in any language).  Rarely do we use "on the fly" or "texting" language and punctuation for serious writing, in particular official correspondences and signs.

Shalom,
Theary Seng

p.s. The update reflects the correct spelling of "weight" ទម្ងន់ to be in line with Venerable Chuon Nath's dictionary.



11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Agree with Theary Seng here. Her version is more clear.

Anonymous said...

thanks theary, your suggestion here is more clear. take care and god bless us all.

Keo Cham said...

Good suggestion Ms. Seng

Anonymous said...

Mee neang shaluay Theary...

Som kom broeur 'tampon' knong srok khmer...broeur krama ban hoeuy...

Anonymous said...

Sounds like someone has got nothing better to do...quit law and open an english school. Help teach khmer kids....leave khmer language alone. It's understood as is.

Anonymous said...

Due to my above comment to the text posted by the Khmer Democrat at 12:09 PM. of the Khmer word ទំងន់, was not very sure, that the word was wrong written.
After a short analyse between 2 words ទំ​ and ងន់​​, was sure, that this word was not well written under the Khmer grammatical.
But the word កំណត់​​ is the aplicable word of កត់​​ should be right.

Anonymous said...

Teary (soul)

(!)(?)(-) (+) (=) all are in foreign language,modernized Khmer writing has borrowed them for conveniences.

The same for modern Xmer women who used foreign invented Tampons or pump bras and g string for sanitary use,hiding pantyline and enhancing small breasts appearance.
You know what I meant,light Tearly?

Before French occupied Kampuchea in 1863, the mentioned signs were unfamiliar in Khmer scripts written on palm leave.

Don't be too overzealous with your elementary comprehension in Xmer.

Your lead and wliting in Xmer is still miniscule in compalison to Yeay Penh!

Anonymous said...

Theary,

This is much better. It also should work with just using "bomram" "1. kom beuk bor leus lboeun komnot, 2. kom beuk bor nouv pel sroveung 3. kom deuk leus toumngoun komnot"

I would not use the word "toumninh" because that mostly implies to commercial goods . "toumninh" usually is not associated with people or different kind of cargo such as soil or constructrion materials.

Anonymous said...

FYI,

During war against Yuon and Nom Benh regimes in 80's then Paris Peace Negotiation, Democratic Kampuchea delegates were fond of using (កុំ)​ such as ផែនការ​ប្រឆាងយួន៣កុំ
ឫ៥កុំ
The reborn after 7 Janauary 1979 like Theary should know. The left over and influence of Khmer Rouge literacy and literary use remains intact and current as long as Hun Sen and clique still live in Nom Benh Moi.

Plenty more of Khmer Rouge revised translated Khmer words from foreign language and are continually using in TV,Radio broadcasting,government and print press especially the one owned by Soy Sopheap.

Beware!

Anonymous said...

បើតាមអាជ័យយល់ ពាក្យ​ថា​ ហាម​ នឹង​ កុំ​នៅពេលនេះ​មានន័យដូចគ្នាទេ​​ចឹងមិនអាចដាក់​ហាមកុំ បានទេសម្រាប់ភាសាខ្មែរវាឆ្គង បើយកល្អមើលនឹងជាផ្លូវការគួរសរសេរ​ ហាម

ហាហាហាអាជ័យនេះ

Anonymous said...

ឧទាហរណ៍:
ហាម !!!
អាហ៊ុន សែន អាម៉ាបុំាងតោ-កំបុតក, អ្ហែងល្មមដល់ពេលគួរឈប់អបគមន៍
កាត់ដីខ្មែរឲ្យអាចោរយួនទៀតទៅ...OK!...អាចង្រៃ!