# What is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207 "2014-12-14T15:23:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/1 "2014-12-14T15:23:28Z")
ค็็็็็็็ ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/2 "2014-12-14T15:29:21Z")
Testing: ค็็็็็็็ ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/3 "2014-12-14T15:30:56Z")
I thought the mystery would be solved by viewing the source but apparently the source for pages for this forum doesn’t contain the actual post text. I guess it calls it in from somewhere else. ค็็็็็็็ค็็็็็็็ค็็็็็็็ ETA: Oops, nevermind, the text is there after all. I guess I spelled something wrong in ctrl-F ing before. Mystery partially solved: In html anyway, it looks like this: [never mind, can’t find a way to paste the characters without the oddity itself showing up] ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/4 "2014-12-14T15:33:47Z")
I’m having trouble finding it, but we had a thread about this a while back, it eventually led to a twitter feed with nothing but these characters. It’s around here somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/5 "2014-12-14T15:43:50Z")
That’s Thai, the letter “kho khwai”; at least the bottom character, I don’t know what the squiggly lines are… a Feynman diagram for a kho khwai emitting a photon? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/6 "2014-12-14T15:47:41Z")
Here it is > **[strange characters \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=716905)** > > any dopers can share what characters are these? how come they corrupt the screen when displayed? ค้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้... and here’s the twitter page [https://twitter.com/glitchr\_](https://twitter.com/glitchr_) ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/7 "2014-12-14T15:49:23Z")
Oh, hang on, I zoomed in the text and I saw that the squiggly line is just a stack of ็ (mai thaiku) one on top of another… that’s not right. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/8 "2014-12-14T17:00:53Z")
When a girl squiggle and a boy squiggle love each other very much, sometimes they dance together naked. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/9 "2014-12-14T18:57:42Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > ค็็็็็็็ You know, you never should have popped that weasel… ---
**Author:** ![RID905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@RID905](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RID905)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/10 "2014-12-14T19:17:01Z")
> [@Inna\_Minnit](#): > > When a girl squiggle and a boy squiggle love each other very much, sometimes they dance together naked. That is quite true, actually. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/11 "2014-12-14T19:18:09Z")
There’s a smudge on my screen. Let me wipe it off. Nope, still there. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/12 "2014-12-16T19:24:19Z")
இڿڰۣ-ڰۣ— ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/13 "2014-12-16T19:39:04Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > இڿڰۣ-ڰۣ— Easy for you to say. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/14 "2014-12-16T19:42:08Z")
Well, to me, it looks like Sir Kilroy, setting out from the castle to slay the dragon, or do battle with the Black Knight, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/707207/15 "2014-12-16T23:40:41Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > இڿڰۣ-ڰۣ— Two Yuan-Ti with a baby carriage walk into a bar… The bartender says, “Thats one hell of a Lisp…!” “Heyyssss… You-sss givesss birth & walkthsss straight-sss right after!!!”