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Old 26th April 2006, 01:52 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by PUFF
The point pommel depicts lotus, a scared symbol for both Brahmin and Buddhist. There 's a theory that the lotus was evolved into round, conical and flower with many petals. (Just talked with Khun Bancha not long ago )
Thanks, PUFF. This was my understanding as well, but I wanted to encourage Titus to explore his theory with us, as it presented a novel approach.

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Siamese and Thai 's interchangable for me. But I would prefer to associate the term Siamese with the pre 19th cent., when the Siam kingdom was Feudalism. And I will use Thai for the later era, when the boarder line between countries was firmly established (by English and French colonies).



Sounds good to me.
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