The word (place name) Pattaya is a simple short word.

Why do some farang have to change it to 'Patts'.

The word Pattaya has a specific meaning in the Thai language.

Leave the word alone, have some basic respect.

thanks, learned sth today

55555 Get over yourself. Pattaya is an insult to most Thais.

9 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

Pattaya is an insult to most Thais.

Tell that to the hoards who turn up from Bangkok every weekend..its as if they have no shopping malls to wonder around in their neck of the woods and don't mention the aggressive me first style of driving... ooopps just did.

Ohh and 'Pat a Ya Pat a Ya poo ying love you mahk mahk' 😋

Wish I knew what the headline meant!

17 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

55555 Get over yourself. Pattaya is an insult to most Thais.

Sure, that's why half of Bangkok rams the place every extended weekend.

Get over that.

Of course, because the way to pronounce an implied vowel in a word (as in พัทยา) is so blindingly obvious that even Thai people have to buy a book to find out how to pronounce names properly. <rolleyes>

52 minutes ago, scorecard said:

The word (place name) Pattaya is a simple short word.

Why do some farang have to change it to 'Patts'.

The word Pattaya has a specific meaning in the Thai language.

Leave the word alone, have some basic respect.

Pat-ta-ya is three syllables, same as Man-ches-ter or Birm-ing-ham, known as Manc and Brum. Phitsanulok is P'lok.

Prince William was Wills for quite a while.

Edited yesterday at 09:13 AM1 day by wil iam not

53 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Leave the word alone, have some basic respect.

Respect? Sure, when, if ever the named location (re?)gains any self respect.

17 minutes ago, nauseus said:

Sure, that's why half of Bangkok rams the place every extended weekend.

Get over that.

And why their wives turned it into an insult.

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

The word Pattaya has a specific meaning in the Thai language.

Leave the word alone, have some basic respect.

I'm hearing you, I hate it when they abbreviate Bangkok.

It has a specific meaning.

Bangkok's official ceremonial full name in English is: Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit

Leave the word alone, basic respect please.

Edited yesterday at 09:44 AM1 day by SAFETY FIRST

6 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I'm hearing you, I hate it when they abbreviate Bangkok.

It has a specific meaning.

Bangkok's official ceremonial full name in English is: Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit

Leave the word alone

Personally have never been to Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan AmonphimanawatansathitSakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit, the wife goes two or three times a year and complains about how much time it takes to get from place to place there, so no thanks and will probably never make it to Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan AmonphimanawatansathitSakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit and prefer slower paced visits.

46 minutes ago, novacova said:

Personally have never been to Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan AmonphimanawatansathitSakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit,

which in English means ......

The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) 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 Vishnu arm."

Murray Head allegedly fought tooth and nail to be allowed to use the full name in his famous hit "one night in Bangkok" he wanted to "keep things real" but was overruled following complaints from DJ's

54 minutes ago, novacova said:

Personally have never been to Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan AmonphimanawatansathitSakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit, the wife goes two or three times a year and complains about how much time it takes to get from place to place there, so no thanks and will probably never make it to Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan AmonphimanawatansathitSakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit and prefer slower paced visits.

I tried to go there once, but the sign was blocking the road.

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

Why do some farang have to change it to 'Patts'.

And why do the originators of some AN threads have to use meaningless titles like "Screing p simple easy words"??

4 minutes ago, OJAS said:

And why do the originators of some AN threads have to use meaningless titles like "Screing p simple easy words"??

I think it was a typo, it was that which lead me here, Grammar police where are you today ?

7 minutes ago, OJAS said:

And why do the originators of some AN threads have to use meaningless titles like "Screing p simple easy words"??

The OP is in his 80’s and probably wasn’t wearing glasses when posting.

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

The word (place name) Pattaya is a simple short word.

Why do some farang have to change it to 'Patts'.

The word Pattaya has a specific meaning in the Thai language.

Leave the word alone, have some basic respect.

How comes Thais have 3 letter nicknames?

Patty 👍🏼

Patts 👍🏼

Patters 👍🏼

Pa TIE ya

👎👎

9 hours ago, scorecard said:

The word (place name) Pattaya is a simple short word.

Why do some farang have to change it to 'Patts'.

The word Pattaya has a specific meaning in the Thai language.

Leave the word alone, have some basic respect.

So in your world there are no nicknames for anything? My friends and I for decades have referred to the place as Patters, I see no disrespect or harm there.

The answer here is quite straightforward: Patts is rendered thus in an analogous (and equally lo-so) way as "Bangers" for Bangkok.

Bangers and Patts are the kind of locutions used by mainly English (not British) gentlemen who at one point many decades ago attended what in England is called a private school (not Public for the upper classes or State for the riff-raff).

In other words, a private school is the kind of place where a lower middle-class family with a few shekels put away might send their numbskull kid so as to avoid the riff-raff or because he (usually he) has failed the 11-plus exam to get him into a Grammar School. (I said "many decades ago".)

The products of private schools can now and again (tempus fugit) be found on Asean News threads banging away about Bangers and Patts and (who knows?) Chiangers....

Mispronunciations is of course always forgivable, but giving nicknames to places has always struck me as a pretentious attempt to feign 'old hand' status. People who use these terms need to be made aware of how unpleasant and jarring these nicknames sound to the native Thai ear, and to those foreigners who have bothered to gain an appreciation for the beauty of the Thai language.

19 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

55555 Get over yourself. Pattaya is an insult to most Thais.

I don't think that's true.

I have many Thai co-workers and work contacts who take the family (yes kids and all) to Pattaya for holidays both short and long.

They don't seem to care about Pattaya's reputation among English speaking people and YouTube watchers.

10 hours ago, Priorexpat said:

So in your world there are no nicknames for anything? My friends and I for decades have referred to the place as Patters, I see no disrespect or harm there.

No disrespect or harm meant, even still, sounds kinda dumb.

The one that causes me to subtract 50 points from my estimate of a person's IQ is calling Suvarnabhumi by the name "Swampy".

Again, just sounds dumb.

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by cdemundo
added comment about the airport

17 hours ago, novacova said:

The OP is in his 80’s and probably wasn’t wearing glasses when posting.

A bit of irony there as well for sure.

"Screwing up simple easy words" in the thread title.

21 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I'm hearing you, I hate it when they abbreviate Bangkok.

It has a specific meaning.

Bangkok's official ceremonial full name in English is: Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit

Leave the word alone, basic respect please.

2 hours ago, cdemundo said:

No disrespect or harm meant, even still, sounds kinda dumb.

The one that causes me to subtract 50 points from my estimate of a person's IQ is calling Suvarnabhumi by the name "Swampy".

Again, just sounds dumb.

As for the first part, Thais call it Krungthep, not Bangkok.

And the second part Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) is nicknamed "Swampy" because it was built on a marshy wetland formerly known as Nong Ngu Hao, which translates to Cobra Swamp.

Funny how foreigners come in and are offended by place names.

Ask a foreigner where Soi Chaiyapoon is in Pattaya and they might know, ask them where “Soi pothole” is (which is the same street) and they will know for sure.

And if you lived there long enough you will know where “Soi pi$$ alley” is after walking down the alley you understand the name, as it is where every win rider stops to drain their bladder. (Out in front of the Pride Condo)

1 hour ago, MadAtMatrix said:

As for the first part, Thais call it Krungthep, not Bangkok.

And the second part Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) is nicknamed "Swampy" because it was built on a marshy wetland formerly known as Nong Ngu Hao, which translates to Cobra Swamp.

Funny how foreigners come in and are offended by place names.

Ask a foreigner where Soi Chaiyapoon is in Pattaya and they might know, ask them where “Soi pothole” is (which is the same street) and they will know for sure.

And if you lived there long enough you will know where “Soi pi$$ alley” is after walking down the alley you understand the name, as it is where every win rider stops to drain their bladder. (Out in front of the Pride Condo)

Swampy is used by English speakers so "Funny how foreigners come in and are offended by place names." is not pertinent.

I didn't know there was a historical basis for "Swampy", even still, it sounds dumb when people say it.

On 6/9/2026 at 7:32 PM, SAFETY FIRST said:

I'm hearing you, I hate it when they abbreviate Bangkok.

It has a specific meaning.

Bangkok's official ceremonial full name in English is: Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit

Leave the word alone, basic respect please.

Obviously named by a person from Wales many centuries ago.

5 hours ago, cdemundo said:

No disrespect or harm meant, even still, sounds kinda dumb.

The one that causes me to subtract 50 points from my estimate of a person's IQ is calling Suvarnabhumi by the name "Swampy".

Again, just sounds dumb.

I always preferred Soyawannaboomboom.

Closely followed by the main road, Suckanspit.

Captures the culture of Bangkok wonderfully.

How to pronounce Pattaya like a Thai......

(i.e. similar for all intents and purposes)

พัทยา (Putt-ta-yaa)
Like in golf, tar and yaa-baa (but soft p and t, no air, smooth flow)

NB Not linguistically precise—but that’s not the goal.