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Feb 16 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The full name of the city is “Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit.”

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If this sounds vaguely like Sanskrit, that is because it indeed is, meaning,

“The 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 Vishvakarman at Indra’s behest.” Image
Or an even more detailed name and translation, thanks to @Kalpavriksha4's excellent article, 'The Sanskrit Meanings of Thailand’s Provinces':
medium.com/@Kalpavriksha/… Image
And for those looking for a more familiar pronunciation:

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The neighbours in Cambodia are not to be left behind either, with their former king's full title:

Preah Karuna Preah Bat Sâmdach Preah Norodom Sihanouk Preahmâhaviraksat Varman / श्री करुणा ब्रह्मपद सम्राट श्री नरोत्तम सिंहहनु श्रीमहावीरक्षत्रिय वर्मन Image

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Feb 12
Very based, but these food joints deserve so much worse, for their crimes against good taste and public health. 😄

And dumping their subpar products designed for lower-middle-class consumers in their home market, by rebranding them as 'aspirational' in gullible emerging markets.
Blast from the past, Bangalore 1995:

"Look at the children" of overseas Indians, said M.D. Nanjundaswamy, leader of the farmers' organization spearheading the anti-KFC campaign. "These overgrown kids look like broiler chickens themselves."

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"The study, which highlights the “vast energy inequality” between rich and poor countries, found that each Briton produces 200 times the climate emissions of the average Congolese person, with people in the US producing 585 times as much."

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"अरे, मेमसाहिब, आप ज़रा इधर तशरीफ़ तो लाइए, ताकि हम आपको बीबीघर में हुई मशहूर, लाजवाब, बेनज़ीर और ज़बरदस्त खातिरदारी दिखा सकें! पश्चिमी वामपंथियों को छोड़िए, आप सीधे हमारे बेगम हुसैनी ख़ानुम और सर्वर ख़ां से आकर 'decolonisation agenda' सीखिए।"

- Tour guide in Kanpur, probably.
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whatever may be the headings used or the new formulas introduced, decolonization is always a violent phenomenon."

- Frantz Fanon

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For if the last shall be first, this will only come to pass after a murderous and decisive struggle between the two protagonists."
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