Koh Samui

[H2oDunc]

Just a curious, trivial question. We have lots of Koh's like Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Koh Samet and Koh Chanbg etc yet Phuket is still an island even if it is linked by road yet it is never referred to as Koh Phuket. Just wondered why ?

[BigC]

maybe because it doesn't rhyme aswell but u r right from now on from me it will be the tuth. i can can handle the trel. yes true handler is me.

Koh Phuket

also why in some maps are they called koh and some maps ko. i mean K.O stands for Knock out. maybe they are knock out islands because of there beautiful women

[krading]

I believe the reason it is not called Phuket Island is because it is a province (changwat)in its own right.

[BigC]

I believe the reason it is not called Phuket Island is because it is a province (changwat)in its own right.

still koh is island so it should be koh changwat phuket

like samui is an amper muang. still and island

[bifftastic]

I don't know why Phuket isn't a Koh, but I think I do know about the Koh/Ko thing

In English, Koh tends to be pronounced with a long vowel, as in Coe which is completely different from the Thai pronunciation. For a start it's more like a 'G' than a 'K' and is a very short, cut off sound. Hard to reproduce in roman letters. I suppose it should be 'Go' but that's already a word, and has a long vowel. So, I think they added an 'h' to try and show that it should be shorter, it didn't work and some leave it off. Confusing innit? Thai has short and long vowels, so does English but you can't write them, you just have to know them. I don't think we have an equivalent word with a short vowel and no consonant at the end though.

[BigC]

I don't know why Phuket isn't a Koh, but I think I do know about the Koh/Ko thing

In English, Koh tends to be pronounced with a long vowel, as in Coe which is completely different from the Thai pronunciation. For a start it's more like a 'G' than a 'K' and is a very short, cut off sound. Hard to reproduce in roman letters. I suppose it should be 'Go' but that's already a word, and has a long vowel. So, I think they added an 'h' to try and show that it should be shorter, it didn't work and some leave it off. Confusing innit? Thai has short and long vowels, so does English but you can't write them, you just have to know them. I don't think we have an equivalent word with a short vowel and no consonant at the end though.

wow u sounds like one of those intellegent people that i have herd about .

though if u called it Go samui. Then it becomes a doing word which is an adjective. also i don't like being told what to do. so if i sore go samui on the map i would punch the make to protect my man hood

[PoorSucker]

wow u sounds like one of those intellegent people that i have herd about .

though if u called it Go samui. Then it becomes a doing word which is an adjective. also i don't like being told what to do. so if i sore go samui on the map i would punch the make to protect my man hood

I think the new slogan for Samui should be Go Go Samui.

Sounds like a perfect family holiday location.

[BigC]

wow u sounds like one of those intellegent people that i have herd about .

though if u called it Go samui. Then it becomes a doing word which is an adjective. also i don't like being told what to do. so if i sore go samui on the map i would punch the make to protect my man hood

I think the new slogan for Samui should be Go Go Samui.

Sounds like a perfect family holiday location.

would have to do a deal with go go bars maybe switch to koh koh bars and go go samui to the koh koh bars. i like it.

[Birdman]

I don't know why Phuket isn't a Koh, but I think I do know about the Koh/Ko thing

In English, Koh tends to be pronounced with a long vowel, as in Coe which is completely different from the Thai pronunciation. For a start it's more like a 'G' than a 'K' and is a very short, cut off sound. Hard to reproduce in roman letters. I suppose it should be 'Go' but that's already a word, and has a long vowel. So, I think they added an 'h' to try and show that it should be shorter, it didn't work and some leave it off. Confusing innit? Thai has short and long vowels, so does English but you can't write them, you just have to know them. I don't think we have an equivalent word with a short vowel and no consonant at the end though.

my theory is that the letters k o h are already in the word Phuket included and because that is spelled backwards the logical implication can be nothing else than the vowel - o - changes to an - u - , it's the next vowel after an - o - afterall, and therefore it is not nessecary to call Koh infront.

[goldfinger]

its the shortname from "Kokonut"

so....Ko-Samui

[smokie36]

wow u sounds like one of those intellegent people that i have herd about .

though if u called it Go samui. Then it becomes a doing word which is an adjective. also i don't like being told what to do. so if i sore go samui on the map i would punch the make to protect my man hood

I think the new slogan for Samui should be Go Go Samui.

Sounds like a perfect family holiday location.

would have to do a deal with go go bars maybe switch to koh koh bars and go go samui to the koh koh bars. i like it.

Bring on the cheerleaders!

[koheesti]

When Phuket got it's name it was low tide and appeared attached to the mainland.

[Mole]

Looking at Phuket on google earth, the reason may be that in the really old days, this might not be an island at all and perhaps connected to the mainland where the channel is now today.

[jdinasia]

The first posts had it right.

It is Jangwat Phuket --- or just Phuket.

an Amper is a smaller government distraict than a jangwat (province). Samui consists of more than one Amper --- and is in Surat Thani Province

[bifftastic]

I don't know why Phuket isn't a Koh, but I think I do know about the Koh/Ko thing

In English, Koh tends to be pronounced with a long vowel, as in Coe which is completely different from the Thai pronunciation. For a start it's more like a 'G' than a 'K' and is a very short, cut off sound. Hard to reproduce in roman letters. I suppose it should be 'Go' but that's already a word, and has a long vowel. So, I think they added an 'h' to try and show that it should be shorter, it didn't work and some leave it off. Confusing innit? Thai has short and long vowels, so does English but you can't write them, you just have to know them. I don't think we have an equivalent word with a short vowel and no consonant at the end though.

my theory is that the letters k o h are already in the word Phuket included and because that is spelled backwards the logical implication can be nothing else than the vowel - o - changes to an - u - , it's the next vowel after an - o - afterall, and therefore it is not nessecary to call Koh infront.

Really? I had to read that about three times. The vowels are Thai vowels, not English ones so they're not really similar or 'next' in the sense of a e i o u

I'm going with the 'Changwat' concept, it's too big to be called 'Koh'

I'm all for the Koh Koh Nut cheerleaders though

[LaoPo]

Why not Koh Phuket ?

"Phuket Island was assumed by geologists to be once part of the mainland in the form of a cape sticking out into the Andaman Sea but millions of years later the cape was gradually eroded by natural forces and finally detached from the main land."

From:

http://www.thaiwaysm...et_history.html

Note:

It's also possible (IMO) that Phuket was detached from the mainland by a previous super tsunami not know by mankind, some few million years ago.

If one looks at the map that could well be a possibility:

http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=nl&geocode=&q=PHUKET&sll=8.196879,98.302059&sspn=0.047489,0.089779&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Phuket,+Thailand&ll=8.201169,98.284421&spn=0.023744,0.06124&t=h&z=15

LaoPo

Edited November 28, 2010 by LaoPo

[goldfinger]

Why not Koh Phuket ?

"Phuket Island was assumed by geologists to be once part of the mainland in the form of a cape sticking out into the Andaman Sea but millions of years later the cape was gradually eroded by natural forces and finally detached from the main land."

From:

http://www.thaiwaysm...et_history.html

Note:

It's also possible (IMO) that Phuket was detached from the mainland by a previous super tsunami not know by mankind, some few million years ago.

If one looks at the map that could well be a possibility:

http://maps.google.n....06124&t=h&z=15

LaoPo

But this would mean, that the names (Phuket...Koh ......... etc....) were also given at this very early times (a few million years ago)

[les Dennis]

maybe because it doesn't rhyme aswell but u r right from now on from me it will be the tuth. i can can handle the trel. yes true handler is me.

Koh Phuket

also why in some maps are they called koh and some maps ko. i mean K.O stands for Knock out. maybe they are knock out islands because of there beautiful women

Is the Hendrix bar selling mushroom shakes again?

[BigC]

Why not Koh Phuket ?

"Phuket Island was assumed by geologists to be once part of the mainland in the form of a cape sticking out into the Andaman Sea but millions of years later the cape was gradually eroded by natural forces and finally detached from the main land."

From:

http://www.thaiwaysm...et_history.html

Note:

It's also possible (IMO) that Phuket was detached from the mainland by a previous super tsunami not know by mankind, some few million years ago.

If one looks at the map that could well be a possibility:

http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=nl&geocode=&q=PHUKET&sll=8.196879,98.302059&sspn=0.047489,0.089779&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Phuket,+Thailand&ll=8.201169,98.284421&spn=0.023744,0.06124&t=h&z=15

LaoPo

i don't think that neandathols had named that part of thailand a few million years ago. there was a tsuamui about 130 years ago.

[BigC]

so basically Koh is thai for island. so if a bridge connects to the mainland then it seizes to be an island. or may Koh phuket does not rhyme so easier tto just say Phuket. also maybe it technally is Called koh phuket. things seem to get made up as they go along over here