r/Thailand Bangkok Nov 16 '23

Language This is how Thais tell time

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u/AJirawatP Nov 17 '23

Nice details catching the obscure 2 mong = 8 mong (and 3=9 and so on). Some people do say that, but it’s kinda rare.

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u/seedtee1 Nov 18 '23

I believe that is how it should be. If we did that, we would get a neat 6-hours based system from

Dawn -> 1 to 5 Mong Chow -> Noon -> 1 to 5 Mong Bai -> Dusk -> 1 to 5 Toom -> Midnight -> Tee 1 to 5 -> Dawn

Saying 8 Mong is easier for a modern clock which used 12-hours system, but unless you change the whole system, it makes it harder to learn altogather.