Sukhumvit. What Does It Mean?

[swindonabroad]

Woke up this morning and for some reason this question popped into my head.

What does the name Sukhumvit mean? ( If anything).

Does it have origins in Europe? ( kinda sounds German/ Austrian/ Dutch).

A pretty random question I know but any help would be appreciated.

[Acquiesce]

Sukhumvit road was named after the fifth chief of the Department of Highways, Khun Phra Pisan Sukhumvit.

[ilyushin]

Sukhumvit road was named after the fifth chief of the Department of Highways, Phra Pisan Sukhumvit.

[chownah]

Sukhumvit was named after a popular Polish sausage.

[malcy]

this reminds me of that old uk game show call my bluff with frank muir and some other octogenarian half wit !!

[jasreeve17]

this reminds me of that old uk game show call my bluff with frank muir and some other octogenarian half wit !!

Can we not get a call my bluff thread going? Example:-

Ulaan Bataar is so named because:

a) Chenggis Khan's mother was called Bataar and Ulaan means the great one.

The Russians named it - red hero.

c) The Chinese named it - new baron land.

With the internet it might be too easy, but...

[jasreeve17]

Big brother is watching me! Spooky. & he's right too.

[swindonabroad]

Sukhumvit road was named after the fifth chief of the Department of Highways, Khun Phra Pisan Sukhumvit.

Thanks for the answr. One more piece of information to store in the brain.

[leisurely]

Or you can use my eldest daughters explanation when we first moved here. 'Mummy, suck on what?" She thought it said suck on it!

[StickKettleOn]

Sukhumvit is actualy Thai for 'Keith Chegwin'. Highly respected Keith was once a part of the highways planning team, prior to joining Tiswas.

[MarkBKK]

Sukhumvit is actualy Thai for 'Keith Chegwin'. Highly respected Keith was once a part of the highways planning team, prior to joining Tiswas.

Cheggers drinks pop!

(How on Earth did he persuade her to marry him?)

[lampard10]

Actually you're all wrong

It actually stands for what a respected leader once said, way back in the days when the streets had no names. He came straight after a bunch of Norwegians celebrating monday had passed by.

He was heard to utter

" UGH Sick and vomit" and the name stuck. As with everything it got changed slightly over the years, and now you have it as Suhkomvit.

Edited February 17, 2007 by lampard10

[Jimjim]

Actually you're all wrong

It actually stands for what a respected leader once said, way back in the days when the streets had no names. He came straight after a bunch of Norwegians celebrating monday had passed by.

He was heard to utter

" UGH Sick and vomit" and the name stuck.

Seeing Lampard play for England makes me sick and vomit.

[leisurely]

No no no, you're wrong about Keith Cheggers Chegwin. He was never on tiswas, he was affiliated to Noel Edmunds Multicolouredswapshop!

[StickKettleOn]

Lol, you have me there. It was indeed Multi Coloured Swapshop. I have my facts muddled. I just did a wikipedia and aparently Sukhmivit was named after Bob Carol Gees and his highly respected town planning official, Spit the Dog.

By the way.... anyone know what Spit the Dogs middle name is?

[backflip]

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