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Part of a jingle or folk song amiably mocking the American Dr Marion Alonzo Cheek and the British businessman Louis Leonowens for keeping a harem of local Chiang Mai women. The rhyme runs in part:<br/><br/>

Dr Chitt and Missa Louis
Sleeping with two girls
Two nights for fifteen rupees
Miss Luang is on the bed
Miss On is waiting
Hurry up and finish Doctor!<br/><br/>

Dr Chitt and Missa Louis
Sleeping with two girls
Two nights for fifteen rupees
Miss Kum asked for silver
Miss Huan asked for cloth
Miss Noja asked for an elephant
Hurry up and finish Doctor!<br/><br/>

The Tai Tham script is used for three living languages: Northern Thai (that is, Kham Mueang), Tai Lü and Khün. In addition, the Lanna script is also used for Lao Tham (or old Lao) and other dialect variants in Buddhist palm leaves and notebooks. The script is also known as Tham or Yuan script.
Northern Thai or Kham Mueang is the language of the Khon Muang people of northern Thailand and is closely related to Thai and Lao. Spoken by approximately six million people.