The late, great Vichai's changing surname....

[Guy]

Just noticed in my Peterborough home programme of August 2012 (the 2012-13 season's curtain raiser of the eventually ill fated Championship season) that Vichai's surname was Raksriaksorn back then.....as opposed to the more rather long winded Srivaddhanaprabha. A trivial subject in the light of the present circumstances I know but has anybody else since noticed this?

[Lestoh]

Think of Srivaddhanaprabha as a royal title akin to Sir - can’t remember exactly what it means, but the name was given to him by the Thai King

[Guy]

I see. I wasn't overly sure of the King of Thailand's intervention as regards that but thought it might have been a factor amongst one or two other possibilities! Thanks :-)

[ozleicester]

6 minutes ago, Lestoh said:

Think of Srivaddhanaprabha as a royal title akin to Sir - can’t remember exactly what it means, but the name was given to him by the Thai King

 

 

His name was changed from Raksriaksorn to Srivaddhanaprabha in 2012 after it was bestowed upon the family by former King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej. The name means 'light of progressive glory'.

[Out Foxed]

where you been mate? doing bird?

[Buce]

The BBC have refered to him as ‘Mr Vichai’ throughout. 

[Jimothy]

8 minutes ago, Buce said:

The BBC have refered to him as ‘Mr Vichai’ throughout. 

I noticed Naga Munchety doing that the other morning when interviewing Taggart. As she stumbled over words and referred to the stadium as the "Power Stadium" I'm guessing she'd just given up on pronouncing the surname.

[Buce]

2 hours ago, Facecloth said:

I noticed Naga Munchety doing that the other morning when interviewing Taggart. As she stumbled over words and referred to the stadium as the "Power Stadium" I'm guessing she'd just given up on pronouncing the surname.

 

I think on this occasion it’s the beeb trying to be clever. Although he was a Thai national, Vichai was echnically Chinese, and the Chinese put the surname first.