Please help me identify the text on this t-shirt

June 2, 2010 9:54 PM

Please help me identify the text on this t-shirt. I think it's thai but at close inspection there are differences. And if you can read it what does it say?
posted by uhom to Society & Culture (6 answers total)

I don't think it's Thai. I'd gues Lao.
posted by pompomtom at 10:00 PM on June 2, 2010

Best answer: My Thai coworker says that it is indeed Thai. A rough translation follows:

Moon
33
Quitting smoking will reduce the risk of serious illness
posted by armage at 10:05 PM on June 2, 2010 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: Thank you armage. I get some matches on searching '"moon 33" cigarette' but none of them are specifically Thai. This image is interesting. It's strikingly similar to the t-shirt but in English.
posted by uhom at 10:17 PM on June 2, 2010

Response by poster: pompomtom: There are quite a few characters that match the Lao script. Do Thai and Lao borrow from eachother?
posted by uhom at 10:23 PM on June 2, 2010

Thai and Lao are very similar languages, so much so that Thai people can mostly understand Lao people when they speak, and vice versa.
posted by smorange at 10:48 PM on June 2, 2010 [1 favorite]

My Thai coworker said the same thing as smorange.
posted by armage at 11:49 PM on June 2, 2010