Perhaps stranger still, Ms. Yingluck, who has a master’s degree from Kentucky State University in the U.S., could have chosen to speak in English, a language which some people in the audience also speak. It could be, though, that Ms. Yingluck wasn’t entirely confident in English. A video of her greeting visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Thailand last year by saying “overcome” instead of “welcome” got heavy play on YouTube, while Ms. Yingluck’s political opponents sometimes unfavorably compare her prowess with the language with that of her predecessor, Eton-and-Oxford educated Abhisit Vejjajiva.