Sydebolle Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 BKK is here to stay; same happened with Bombay to Mumbai (BOM), Calcutta to Kolkata (CCU), Rangoon to Yangon (RGN) or Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN). Changes for the sake of changes - normally rooted in having a new government leaving a stamp of their „achievements“ in aviation history but IATA‘s only known adjustment - to my limited and incomplete knowledge - was moving BKK from Don Muang (lateron changed to Don Meuang) to Souvannaphourmi whereas Don Meuang got a new code being DMK. Lets see what the wise leaders come up with next in the „back to the roots“ department! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 20 minutes ago, MrJ2U said: The last straw for this boneheaded government. I told my wife and she said, "Thats what most Thai's call it". I guess just have to get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterGael Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 6 hours ago, tingtongfarang said: everyone will still call it bangkok Why? Unless speaking to the unaware, I have used Krungthep for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedhump Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 5 hours ago, lemonjelly said: Krung Tep would be a closer transliteration. The Thai obsession with the letter “H” is weird Surely the difference is in the position of the tongue, roof of mouth versus back of teeth. I suppose the difference isn't important to farang, who sometimes mispronounced words like 'suay' (wrong inflection) and totally mangle its meaning. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 5 hours ago, JoseThailand said: April 1 came early this year? April 1st is in esscence a 365 day occurance with this fools in charge. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangroby Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 6 hours ago, Thailand said: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Bangkok will fall into oblivion, would be better if the Thais think of more serious things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Troll post removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joules Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 I'll still call it "The Big Mango." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidneyw Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Wonder where my suitcase will end up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 7 hours ago, webfact said: The academy felt that this would be more modern and in line with real usage. More Modern ?? Yeh OK then if the 'Academy' says so it must be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 15 minutes ago, kidneyw said: Wonder where my suitcase will end up. Kathmandu ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 56 minutes ago, expat_4_life said: Patiently waiting them to change that song, "One night in Krungthep Mahanakhon makes a hard man humble" Going by the state of footpaths the lyrics should be "......makes a hard man tumble" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 6 hours ago, trainman34014 said: They think they can shake off the World Wide image people talk about wherever you go... ''Bangkok; oh yes, the Sex City of The World, one big Brothel and in the rest of the country people still live in Mud Huts with Straw Roof's don't they ? '' Don't laugh; i've heard similar things said in many country's when people ask me where i live ! Another view you get when in Singapore or Malaysia,Taiwan etc is ''Ah yes; Thailand, the Lunatic Asylum of South East Asia'' ! The Japanese refer to them as "the children of Asia"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it is what it is Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 6 hours ago, mlkik said: No not everyone. All Thai people call it Krung Thep Mahana Khon. no they don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Looks like my mailing address will fill the front and back of the envelope now....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibook Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 5 hours ago, TheScience said: Ironically the Thais still call Bejing - Peking. So does anyone who speaks English. Just like the Englia=sh say Moscow, not Moscova, or as French speakers say Anvers while Flemish speakers say Antwerpen. Just because the Chinese Communist Party wants something and the BBC is too craven to left wing ideologues to do anything but bow, there is no need to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolgeoff Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 They changed saigon to hoi chi minh,but we still say saigon.the thais can say the new name easy.foreigners not so easy.so maybe bangkok may change in name,but everyone will still be saying bangkok for a long time to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) Who is going to remember such a long name except for Thai citizens? Bang kok is so much easier to remember. Edited February 16, 2022 by EricTh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David T Pike Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 3 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said: KTMN sounds more like a Mexican radio station. In San Diego! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David T Pike Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Shocked farang said: LA is already taken... ???? East LA? ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olfu Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Call me any name--dont call me late for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 7 hours ago, JoePai said: No they don't O.K. 95% do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Stupid. I don't care what the reasoning for the name change is. It will always be Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 In other news New York has decided to keep the name "New York" and New Yorkers will only refer to it as the Big Apple when printing tourist brochures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outbackoz Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Lucky they didn't insist on the full name! Taximeter would probably tick over a few times by the time you got all this out???? "Krung thep mahanakhon amon rattanakosin mahinthara ayuthaya mahadilok phop noppharat ratchathani burirom udomratchaniwet mahasathan amon piman awatan sathit sakkathattiya witsanukam prasit" (The City of Angels, the Great City, the Eternal Jewel City, the Impregnable City of God Indra, the Grand Capital of the World Endowed with Nine Precious Gems, the Happy City, Abounding in an Enormous Royal Palace that Resembles the Heavenly Abode where Reigns the Reincarnated God, a City Given by Indra and Built by Vishnukam). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stupooey Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 "Bangkok by any other name would smell as putrid", as Shakespeare would have put it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tracy Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 8 hours ago, internationalism said: there is no bangkok hospital anywhere in thailand Edited 8 hours ago by internationalism Bangkok Pattaya hospital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomer6969 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 And BTS will become the KTMNTS ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2009 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 City of Angels is so misleading. Bangkok much more accurate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 8 hours ago, mlkik said: No not everyone. All Thai people call it Krung Thep Mahana Khon. Yeah, but its easy for them, they all have like 25 letters in their first and second names and only miss out the letter Z 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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