Bangkok's New City Motto Unveiled

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Bangkok's new city motto unveiled

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- "Bangkok, glorious as if created by angels, the administration centre, beautiful temples, glittering palaces, the capital of Thailand," is the new motto for the city, unveiled yesterday by Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra.

The Thai slogan - no official English translation was made available - was chosen from the Bangkok Motto Contest Project, which invited entrants to create a motto no longer than 30 syllables that best demonstrates Bangkok's distinctiveness.

Sukhumbhand has ordered the posting of 800 signs of the new motto in the city's 50 districts. The motto will also be used to promote tourism in conjunction with the city's 230th anniversary and its being named the best city in the world for the third consecutive year by Travel & Leisure magazine.

-- The Nation 2012-10-12

[nurofiend]

catchy.

[dcutman]

Is there a backup motto if this one does not catch on?

Edited October 12, 2012 by dcutman

[Thai at Heart]

I can feel the poetic flow.....

[MikeOboe57]

"rot dtit mahk mahk" is missing in the slogan.

[Thai at Heart]

glorious as if created by angels,

I thought Venice of the east, was stretching it a bit.

[LuckyLew]

FAIL

I hope they have a backup ready

Guess they did not like my motto for Bangkok

"Top quality, best quality, best price just for you. With a

gem scamer on every corner and with the fairest

double pricing in Asia"

[ratcatcher]

glorious as if created by angels,

I thought Venice of the east, was stretching it a bit.

"I can feel an angel sliding up to me

And if I'm lucky then this one's a she"

[Payboy]

Sukhumbhand has ordered the posting of 800 signs of the new motto in the city's 50 districts.

Only 800? No one's going to notice them because of the Suvarnabhumi signs.

Edited October 12, 2012 by Payboy

[fareastguy]

Actually I saw the English translation of the new Bangkok motto on TV the other night:

It was called SCAM CITY

It would be better to post 800 of those around town, with the first one being right outside arrivals just to get your mindset correct before you get in your 1st taxi !!

[MaxLee]

BANGKOK: -- "Bangkok, glorious as if created by angels, the administration centre, beautiful temples, glittering palaces, the capital of Thailand," is the new motto for the city, unveiled yesterday by Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra.

Come on already!!!!!!

[WilliaminBKK]

Just as I learnt the name they go ahead and change it, oppppps this is only a motto so do I do both now ?

City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra's behest

[Thai at Heart]

Just as I learnt the name they go ahead and change it, oppppps this is only a motto so do I do both now ?

City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra's behest

The new motto is barely shorter than the full name.

[khunron13]

LMFAO!

[Katipo]

The Angels have long since flown, and the only thing that glitters are the piles of gold collected by the corrupt administration centres.

[Thai at Heart]

LMFAO!

Are they providing music? Like to hear them make a dance tune out of that mouthful.

[bushwacker]

Hardly a motto ..... maybe an inaccurate description!

[Payboy]

Just as I learnt the name they go ahead and change it, oppppps this is only a motto so do I do both now ?

City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra's behest

The new motto is barely shorter than the full name.

30 syllables is just not enough. The new motto barely covers what lower Sukhumvit has to offer.

[FalangBaa]

I'm glad to see that angels really have a great sense of humour if they deliberately created a city to look and smell so bad, and as hot as hell rather than as fresh as heaven!

Edited October 12, 2012 by FalangBaa

[creck]

Hardly a motto ..... maybe an inaccurate description!

In a few minutes I garnered the following. I concluded that we need a new definition.

Motto:

Short phrase that usually expresses a moral aim

Short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule for sensible behaviour

Brief statement used to express a principle, goal, or ideal.

Usually pithy and familiar statement expressing an observation or principle generally accepted as wise or true

Word or phrase used regularly to characterize something or some group

Phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization.

Sentence, phrase, poem, or word prefixed to an essay, chapter, and novel

Short, suggestive expression

Slogan, catchword, shibboleth (noun)

Favourite saying of a sect or political group

Brief statement of cherished truth

[madmitch]

Maybe it sounds better in Thai.

[JeremyBowskill]

Guess they didn't wanna run with mine afterall. "Its a stinkhole with yabbaheads on motos" maybe just aint catchy enough...... back to the drawing board for me for Chiang Mais new slogan.

[Skywalker69]

BANGKOK: -- "Bangkok, glorious as if created by angels, the administration centre, beautiful temples, glittering palaces, the capital of Thailand," is the new motto for the city, unveiled yesterday by Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra.

Why not.

"Bangkok à city created by angels for angels"

Edited October 12, 2012 by Skywalker69

[TheWalkingMan]

Bangkok, where knickers drop for a modest amount of baht.

[Bender]

Dumb and dumber...

Actually i am surprise they didnt say: "Bangkok, glorious as if created by God himself with help from Lord Budha under supervision of Thai Cement Corporation "

[noitom]

This is not a "motto." A motto is something that conveys a directional motive or a guiding principle. For example something like "ever upwards," but "the city that never sleeps" would merely be some huckster type slogan rather than a motto.

A more suitable "motto" for Bangkok might be something like "always and everything for sale." This would seem to fill the bill of a "guiding principle."

[Songhua]

It was chosen as the winner in a motto contest.

There's no name given as the winner but congratulations should go that child anyway.

[jambodave]

If that was the winner I"d love to read some of the others

[apetley]

Something lost in translation I suspect.

[SOTIRIOS]

...pitiful......infantile....