Thailand. Small errors make my day at times.

You have to love Thai papers with all the little mistakes that usually come with them.

I really enjoy finding mistakes in English and grammar as I usually get a laugh and wonder how much they are paying the foreign proof readers to do their jobs but again it could be when the story is edited and retyped the errors occur.

This mistake comes from the Nation Newspaper and is a simple “typo” error. The heading is warning us Northern Thailand dwellers that we are going to have “think” fogs in the mornings.

Northern provinces warned of think fogs, cold weather Wednesday


The Meteorological Department Tuesday warned that the temperature will drop and thick fog will cover northern provinces in the morning from Wednesday to Friday.

The department said a new high pressure mass from China will move down to cover the upper part of Thailand from Wednesday to Friday, resulting in the drop of temperature and thick fog in the morning.

The Nation


The story correctly uses “thick” but the heading was overlooked. At least I and all other Northerners should be a lot smarter the next few mornings.

Now, I am being picky but I believe in the opening sentence it should be;

The Meteorological Department “on” Tuesday and also “Northern” should have a capital letter.

Well, I am being picky and it’s just my ideas. I know when I read my posts and I see mistakes I have made from not proof reading properly are numerous and I usually leave them as we all know. None of us are perfect, right?

Brunty.