I was reading this AP article about some wingnut Congressman who was suing his home state of Iowa because the Secretary of State of Iowa published voter info in languages other than English. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in state District Court, also names incoming Secretary of State Michael Mauro, charging he placed voter information on his official Web site in Spanish, Bosnian, Vietnamese and Laotian.Laotian? Lay-oh-she-an?
It took me a few seconds to figure that one out. The author is referring to the language of Laos, which as any Thailandian will tell you is called "Lao."
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Uh, technically aren't Thailandians just called Thais? Just asking.
That was a literary tool called comparitive irony, demonstrating... through use of the ridiculous and fake word "Thailandian".... that the word "Laotian" is also ridiculous and fake.
I should have stood up. It went right over my head.
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