Talk:Nuat phaen boran

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The word "nuat" ends in the Thai letter ด. This letter is pronounced as "d" at the beginning of a word, but is always pronounced as "t" at the end of a word (or syllable). Wikipedia follows the Royal Thai General System of Transcription (RTGS). In this system, a final ด is transcribed as "t". Definitely the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) always follows sound, not spelling, so should have /t/. Finally, wikipedia has a policy of only one initial capital in article titles (except proper names). Traditional massage is just an ordinary Thai phrase. So the principal article is Nuat phaen boran. A redirect is present from Nuat Phaen Boran. −Woodstone 19:28, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

... 'K. If you say so. eritain 04:45, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.tsinghua.edu.cu/docsn/wyx/chinese/pictures/kezuojiashou.jpg

Some comments that jumped out at me, which I'd really like to see explained or clarified or backed up with any amount of evidence:

1)Traditional Thai medicine originated in Tibet? (even in part?) 2)The Old Medicine School is the original and oldest school for Thai massage? 3)Traditionally, the training in massage took/takes 2 years? 4)There is some kind of difference between 'nuat phaen boran' and 'nuat boran'?? What is it??! 5)Related to #4, 'nuat phaen boran' is also known as northern-style thai massage??? What about the rest of the country??! 6)Jivaka Komaraphat (one of the many spellings of his name) is known as Dr. Shivago in Thailand? For one thing, 'doctor' is not a Thai word, and I've never heard him referred to by only his first name. Always (spelled here more how it sounds): "Jivakokomarapa" 7)Um, pajamas???!!

This article needs serious work-- anyone want to help me chip away at it? Presentsimple 14:54, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]