Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Daily Facts 2

Heres one for you, whats the capital of thailand?

Wrong, not Bangkok. It's Grung Tape. Like Los Angeles in the USA this means 'city of angels'. It hasn't been called Bangkok for 200 years. Or at least its pronounced Grung Tape, but its spelt Krung Thep. And that's still an abbreviation. Thailand in fact, has the longest place name in the world. It's full name is:
Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. And I typed that out by hand too :(

This translates to: Great city of angels, the supreme repository of divine jewels, the great land unconquerable, the grand and prominent realm, the royal and delightful capital city full of nine nobel gems, the highest royal dwelling and grand palace, the divine shelter and living place of the reincarnated spirits.
Very modest with their city names eh? Mind you, they'd have to be, "Bangkok" is thailands only city!

10 comments:

  1. very good stuff. i like reading your blog. interesting interesting!

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  2. What an excellent blog post!! Definitely following..

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  3. There goes my 'bang cock' jokes, right down the drain. Way to crush my dreams man.

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  4. Would like to have a house there :-)
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  5. That's crazy, I always thought the capital was Bangkok. I was shocked enough when I read here that not only is the capital actually Krung Thep but that it was an abbreviation of the actual name. Great stuff

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  6. thanks for the heads up, i made the same mistake everytime

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  7. That's crazy, I never would've guessed. Thanks!

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