Bangkok set for official change of name to "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon"

[Caldera]

What's the point? Thais already call the city Krung Thep anyway, and foreigners will continue to call it Bangkok anyway. 

[josephbloggs]

27 minutes ago, TheScience said:

No. Only the ones too constipated to learn to say Suvarnabhumi call it sWaMpee.

You beat me to it.  Swampy is only a term used on this forum by a certain crowd.

I call it Suvarnabhumi as does every one else I know.

[Molly Malone]

You cannot be serious! Of all the dumbest ideas they have come up with, this is the WORST!

 

Wake up you dopes! Who is going to love that "vegetable soup dish of forgettable words"!

[Molly Malone]

5 minutes ago, Caldera said:

What's the point? Thais already call the city Krung Thep anyway, and foreigners will continue to call it Bangkok anyway. 

EXACTLY right, so stoopid an idea, beyond insane!

[Srikcir]

Shouldn't such a major name change be done in  referendum vote? Rather than a unilateral government edict. That would seem to be a populist democratic path.

Why does the Royal Academy have so much say in the matter?

[ChrisKC]

What will happen to my first version of "Bang Kok" being a verb?

[thecyclist]

A new name a new image. It will be followed by the eradication of all prostitution and the strict enforcement of the zebra crossing laws. 

[ChrisKC]

14 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

On a side-note, are those arrival cards still required where you (had to) write your hotel and address into a small space? I used to write 'BKK' at the end of the address I was staying at. - How am I supposed to squeeze 'Krung Thep Maha Nakhon' into the small space after the hotel address, or will the size of the forms change to A4?

Your new TM6 will become a "PTO",  to continue

[Markus Rider]

Maha Nana would be another proposal very familiar to most foreigner....

[Cory1848]

2 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

Bangkok as brand is far more valuable than this stupid name change proposal. Aren't there more important things for the Thai authorities to be getting on with? Dimwits! 

 

Exactly: This is just silly. Why would they ever make such a move, and especially now, coming out of a pandemic and trying to reestablish tourism? Your mention of branding is spot-on. One could maybe make an argument if the “new” word was two syllables, rolled off the tongue in English, and could be remembered easily and pronounced correctly by those not intimate with Thailand, but that’s just not the case here … In any event, non-Thais will continue to use Bangkok regardless.

Edited February 16, 2022 by Cory1848

[ThaiFelix]

Boy Thais must really like writing.  Their own names are bad enough.  I can just imagine it "Hi mum, well I made it to Krung t......................oh forget it!  Phuket next.

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Krung Thep Maha Nakhon .......

Will be interesting to see the new name on airport departure boards throughout the World.

Confusion reigns.!!

[Orinoco]

Getting a Krung Thep Maha Nakhon soapy 

just don't sound right.

[Paul Kernell]

3 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

It'll cost a fortune to change all the road signs 555

Just think how big they'll be?

[TheScience]

They really aren't changing it. That's the city's formal abbreviated name.

 

Here's the official name ...

 

 

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit

[TheScience]

8 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Will be interesting to see the new name on airport departure boards throughout the World.

Confusion reigns.!!

Bet 10000b the airport code remains BKK

 

I think Yangon might still be RGN lol

Edited February 16, 2022 by TheScience

[StayinThailand2much]

22 minutes ago, thecyclist said:

A new name a new image. It will be followed by the eradication of all prostitution and the strict enforcement of the zebra crossing laws. 

If only they renamed zebra crossings to a Thai word, meaning 'Place on road where cars and motorbikes really really really have to stop, EVEN YOU, as people so disadvantaged that they don't have a car have to cross, named after a striped animal in Africa, called a zebra. Yes, no 'zebras' in Thailand, but STOP!'

Edited February 16, 2022 by StayinThailand2much

[paul1804]

It seems like far from what any priority should currently be and a waste of effort. It will definitely loose its identity to some internationals and being such a major tourist destination, the possible  confusion together with the authorities forever changing the already difficult entry and visa rules short term it could contribute to less tourists.

I guess this is an indication of what the authorities consider as a priority, poor timing to an already difficult time if you ask me!!

[LarrySR]

Take the kok out.

[Cake Monster]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Krungthepmahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathatiya Witsanukam Prasit.

All the " Run BKK " Tee Shirts will now be only in XXXXXL size to accommodate this City name.

Not quite the same is it ?

And what about booking an Airflight to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

[Lizzy Duang]

I understand and like the suggestion. City of Angels translates better than bang cock.

[Cory1848]

1 hour ago, TheScience said:

They all do...Pah-ma.

 

But tbh the Myanmarese (?) Call it Myanmar as well.

 

Burmese is the predominant language. Dozens more.

 

The American insistence to call it Burma is just stupid. The name was changed decades ago. There are dozens of ethnicities the nation hardly just belongs to the Burmese.

Well, I call it Burma; and not only Americans but many Europeans as well (Birmania and variants). In the Burman language, the name of the country was always pronounced something like “Myanma,” a word that designates the Burman ethnic majority just the same. And it’s my understanding that the country’s non-Burman minority groups reject “Myanmar” as the official English name because the change was effected by a military government whose legitimacy they often don’t accept, and they continue to use “Burma” when they’re speaking English or their own language. Even Aung San Suu Kyi, when speaking English, has continued to use “Burma.”

[KhunLA]

11 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

If only they renamed zebra crossings to a Thai word, meaning 'Place on road where cars and motorbikes really really really have to stop, EVEN YOU, as people so disadvantaged that they don't have a car have to cross, named after a striped animal in Africa, called a zebra. Yes, no 'zebras' in Thailand, but STOP!'

Or...people could actually take responsibility for themselves, AND look before crossing the street.

[johncat1]

I wonder whose brilliant idea this is ? We can only guess can't we ? 

People still cannot pronounce the name of Bangkok's main airport Suvarnabhumi. ( me included )

The same as Nakhon Ratchasima is still called Korat by most people. 

[StayinThailand2much]

20 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Will be interesting to see the new name on airport departure boards throughout the World.

Confusion reigns.!!

Confusion not last because of frequent misspellings...

[StayinThailand2much]

Just now, KhunLA said:

Or...people could actually take responsibility for themselves, AND look before crossing the street.

You haven't read recent news stories, have you? The people run over while using zebra crossings... You really think none of them looked left and right?

[David T Pike]

Well hell! Why not just call it LA? ????

[DefaultName]

Next, a new name for Pattaya.  

[StayinThailand2much]

2 minutes ago, johncat1 said:

I wonder whose brilliant idea this is ? We can only guess can't we ? 

Diverting public attention with populist or nationalist maneuvers in times when popularity of leaders is waning is as old as...

[StayinThailand2much]

1 minute ago, David T Pike said:

Well hell! Why not just call it LA? ????

KTMN sounds more like a Mexican radio station.