KHIMBERLY_PARK Dakilang Maniak
Posts : 43 Join date : 2009-07-21
| Subject: [NEWS]It is easier to pronounce NIK-KUN than NICH-CHI-KHUN, isn't it? Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:22 am | |
| Nichkhun, a lively Thai member from the hot male idol group, 2PM, is normally addressed as "Nik-kun" in Korea. However, in Thai language his name is literally pronounced "Nich-chi-khun". It is revealed that JYP Entertainment intentionally spelled his name in Korean language as "Nik-kun" when he was first debut in May 2007. This was because it would be more comfortably for Korean people to say "Nik-kun" instead of "Nich-chi-khun". Nichkhun himself also said that he liked how his name was pronouned this way. In Thailand, Nichkhun is commonly called by his original name as "Nich-chi-khun" with his last name being pronounced as "Hor-ra-wet-cha-kul". Nichkhun is a Thai with an American citizen. he was born to a Thai father and a Chinese mother. He can speak 4 languages, English, Thai, Chinese and Korean. Nichkhun has trained under JYP since 2005 for 2 years . He was first debut in Thailand in 2007 and in Korea in 2008 as a member of 2PM. "I like my Nikkun name, sometimes people still call me "Nik-kun" even it writes "Nichkhun" in English." Nichkhun said. Earlier in March, Nichkhun was called to report himself for drafting in a military service in Thailand. Fortunately, he was exempted due to an over demand of volunteers applying for the army service. SOURCE: Donga News Credits: Korean-Thai by Tik@2pm-online.com, Thai-English by Offogato@2pm-online.com | |
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