Bungkal Near Udon

[Blueman Group]

Hey Guys,

 

 

Anyone know of a small city/village called BUNGKAL which is supposedly near Udon Thani? I googled and searched but cannot find it... My Thai friends often have different spellings........Thanks in advance.

[Lloydies]

Could you mean Bueng Kan which is just past Nong Khai

[Wolf Cat]

In the Udon Thani area the only city I can think of that sounds like Bungkal is Bueng Kan.

 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bueng_Kan_Province

[bgtp]

In the Udon Thani area the only city I can think of that sounds like Bungkal is Bueng Kan.

 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bueng_Kan_Province

Yeah, probably Bueng Kan. Some transliteration schemes for Thai to English are 'letter for letter'. There are two Thai consonants which are pronounced as the English 'L' at the beginning of a syllable, but as 'N' when at the end of a syllable. The last Thai letter in Bueng Kan is one of these. If you see the letter 'L" at the end of a syllable for a Thai word written with English characters, pronounce it as an 'N'. Similarly, I've seen Ubon Ratchathani written as Ubol Ratchathani on one or two signs. A Thai would pronounce Ubol as Ubon. This is why some Thais sound like they're saying appen instead of apple. An 'L' sound at the end of a syllable is just as strange to them as an 'ng' sound at the beginning of a syllable is to us. I still struggle with that last one.

[Blueman Group]

Yes that's it Bueng (Bung) Kan... Thanks much and also for the Info on pronouncing L's....

 

Bueng Kan gets me down to the province...now to find some village  "Huay Com" near SEKA....

 

Thanks again....8-)

[Lloydies]

Just come back from Bueng Kan province, stayed in Pak Khat, her family live in Ban Sa Ngo.

 

What I did notice on Google Maps is that Bueng Kan sometimes shows as Bueng Kal and when I enquired about this the answer I got was....it same same