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This seems like a good spot to link to some Mongolian heavy metal…
https://fb.watch/be1gqY84PB/
Posted by: wiredog | February 17, 2022 at 08:26 AM
Loosely translated, it means "Gavin Newsom slept here."
Posted by: ripleysparrow | February 17, 2022 at 08:45 AM
Leave well enough alone.
There's always somebody that wants to Phuket up.
Posted by: pharmaross | February 17, 2022 at 09:27 AM
That's why I don't pronounce southeast Asian names, I don't want to trip on my tongue.
Posted by: cfjk | February 17, 2022 at 09:42 AM
Alternatively called "Bangpula"
Posted by: Ron G in WA | February 17, 2022 at 09:50 AM
If Murray Head had sung:
Kung Threp Mahan Nakhon, Oriental setting
And the city don't know that the city is getting...
It just wouldn't have been the same.
Posted by: nursecindy | February 17, 2022 at 10:47 AM
So you start with:
Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit
...and you end up with a shrunken: Bangkok???
Posted by: Elaine Benes | February 17, 2022 at 10:52 AM
In Thai ‘KRUNG THEP' is pronounced 'Groong Tape'.
So now you people know. So get it right.
Posted by: man tom | February 17, 2022 at 10:57 AM
Thank heavens! One more item checked off my "huh?" list!
Posted by: klezmerphan | February 17, 2022 at 11:06 AM
City of Angles? That's not what I heard about that place!
Posted by: Mr. Bill | February 17, 2022 at 11:08 AM
I'll make a believer out of you yet.
Posted by: man tom | February 17, 2022 at 11:19 AM
Say what?
Posted by: Dang Lin-Wang | February 17, 2022 at 11:37 AM
*NSFW* PG-18
*Bad Language*
More Linguistic Lessons
Posted by: Ivana Hafsechs | February 17, 2022 at 11:44 AM
^5 nursecindy -- you beat me to it.
Posted by: wanderer2575 | February 17, 2022 at 11:58 AM
How to pronounce:
FUKU
Posted by: Mrs. Hiscock | February 17, 2022 at 12:08 PM
Second choice was "Klaatu Barada Nikto".
Posted by: Burt Macklin, FBI | February 17, 2022 at 12:38 PM
I'm with the FBI guy above...that would have been great.
Posted by: LeDud | February 17, 2022 at 02:37 PM
5*Snork to Burt Macklin, FBI for nailing the best response. It keeps Gorts's visor closed and trust me, you don't want to be anywhere in the vicinity when an indestructible, but peace loving, killer robot gets his visor up.
Posted by: Le Petomane | February 17, 2022 at 06:56 PM
One night in Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit and the world's your oyster.
Posted by: Ed. | February 17, 2022 at 08:22 PM