Talk:Som tam

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Contents 1 I'm deleting the repeated text at the bottom 2 Why was it reverted? 3 som tum vs som tam 4 som tum is not Isan language

[edit] I'm deleting the repeated text at the bottom

Above... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Infinite zero00 (talk • contribs) 21:38, August 22, 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Why was it reverted?

I removed the needless repetition of the article (why is the main body of the article repeated?) and it was reverted. What the hell? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.39.214.112 (talk) 01:57, August 21, 2007 (UTC)

I've moved the page here, with standard lower case for the second word. I changed to a more common romanisation while I was at it. Markalexander100 05:57, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

More miscellaneous additions- I changed the bit about som being archaic Thai for sour. Although it's true, it's probably more relevant that it's still the Isan word. Markalexander100 07:45, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] som tum vs som tam

markalexander - writing it up as som tam would be a mispronunciation and incorrect. same manner as tom yum and not tom yam. The sara um which makes up som tum is pronounced exactly that.

Not round my way. Mark¹ 19:12, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

correct pronunciation of som tum: http://www.thaitable.com/images/Thai/Recipes/Sounds/Green%20Papaya%20Salad.wav - someone decides if that sounds more like som tam or som tum.

More like som tam. Mark¹ 00:29, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Well if it is som tam not som tum, then we'll have to change tom yum to tom yam too, since it's the same Thai vowel sound. --Melanochromis 11:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] som tum is not Isan language

I've edited the part about Som Tum being the Isan term, as proper Isan langauge (Lao) term is tammakhoong. Som tum is the Thai name, which although used by Isan people, it is not pure nor proper Isan. Also, instead of the vowels ... what about the 't' in 'tam'. It is pronounced somewhere in between 'd' or 't'; 't' is not a good approximate. --[User:Nintala|Nintala]]^1<sup 21:34, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

"som" is Isan word for sour, isn't it? --Manop - TH (talk) 10:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)