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Sangsinsay

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A foreign friend asked me how do you pronounce Lao or La-os?
I have no answer and wondering if anyone knows the solution ^^

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Speak-out

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Sangsinsay wrote:


A foreign friend asked me how do you pronounce Lao or La-os?
I have no answer and wondering if anyone knows the solution ^^



 From French, When they colonized South East Asia.



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LAO  MEAM PEOPLE

LAOS  MEAN COUNTRY


Sangsinsay wrote:


A foreign friend asked me how do you pronounce Lao or La-os?
I have no answer and wondering if anyone knows the solution ^^



 



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Anonymous

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He wants to know why the French added the letter 's' to the end of Lao.

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Anonymous

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in French language the last alphabet of any word no sound .  so French read LAOS  = LAO  (no S  sound)  but in writing with S.

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paris_vientiane


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sorry not exactly

In french, there is no sound for the last letter on some words... not all

and we clearly prounouce the "S3 of "Laos"
"lao" is adjectiveor name of people or name of language (adjective and name of people can be "laotien" too)
"Laos" is the name of the country (with an earable "S")

but i don't know why, sorry

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Anonymous

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That's now irrelevant.  The country is now called Lao PDR.

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laolamleuak


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Sangsinsay wrote:


A foreign friend asked me how do you pronounce Lao or La-os?
I have no answer and wondering if anyone knows the solution ^^


Due to before and time of Lao kingdom was under Siamese suzerain, the kingdom was divided into three principalities such as Louangprabang kingdom, Vietiane kingdom and Champasak kingdom so meaned that time lao kingdom there are three lao then S came as used for plural when Laos became under French suzerain.

 



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laolamleuak wrote:

 

Sangsinsay wrote:


A foreign friend asked me how do you pronounce Lao or La-os?
I have no answer and wondering if anyone knows the solution ^^


Due to before and time of Lao kingdom was under Siamese suzerain, the kingdom was divided into three principalities such as Louangprabang kingdom, Vietiane kingdom and Champasak kingdom so meaned that time lao kingdom there are three lao then S came as used for plural when Laos became under French suzerain.

 

 


Ah!  I see  says the blind man.

 



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Sam from Sweden-France-Laos

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I don't think there is any explanation to this. When it is about a name or a language from another country then everything is possible, it depends on who is say it (meaning the country where this person comes from). Anyway, laotien myself, it is a big mistery, but for me when you say lao, in my language it mean the people from the country and the country itself. Then in France, we say LAOS to talk about the country and lao or mostly laotien to talk about the people. I think the real meaning is to be taken from the country itself, it is the best way to know the real one! 

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What does LAOS stand for?

Your abbreviation search returned 4 meanings
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**LAOSLaikos Orthodoxos Synagermos (Greek: Popular Orthodox Rally)find2.gif
*LAOSLao American Organization of Students (University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison, WI)find2.gif
*LAOSLandslide At Orange Statefind2.gif
Note: We have 4 other definitions for LAOS in our Acronym Attic




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Anonymous

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laolamleuak wrote:

 

Sangsinsay wrote:


A foreign friend asked me how do you pronounce Lao or La-os?
I have no answer and wondering if anyone knows the solution ^^


Due to before and time of Lao kingdom was under Siamese suzerain, the kingdom was divided into three principalities such as Louangprabang kingdom, Vietiane kingdom and Champasak kingdom so meaned that time lao kingdom there are three lao then S came as used for plural when Laos became under French suzerain.

 

 



your answer make sense, i give you high score..



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Anonymous

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Speak-out wrote:

 

Sangsinsay wrote:


A foreign friend asked me how do you pronounce Lao or La-os?
I have no answer and wondering if anyone knows the solution ^^



From French, When they colonized South East Asia.

 



your answer is also correct, but u didnt mention the reason? you pass



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