Re: introducing a new member

Hi Eisel,

> Susanne Goetz may be surprised that at least two of the other list
> members have indeed been to Nakhon Pathom, viz., myself and (I
> presume) Dr. McDaniel.
>
> I was there _en route_ to That Phanom, etc., relatively long ago
> --i.e., prior to my two-and-a-half-years of work in Laos.

I think you're again confusing Nakhon Pathom with Nakhon Phanom. You made
exactly the same mistake in 2005 and now history is repeating itself. In
message #1227 Aug. 12, 2005, Justin wrote:

<< Although E.M. is absolutely correct about the importance of
That Phanom, that is not what this is referring to in the
transliteration. He is also correct that "nagarapa.thuum" is
Nakorn Pathom. However, Nakorn Phanom (the province of That
(Dhaatu) Phanom) in the far Northeast of Thailand and Nakorn
Pathom are two very different places. Nakorn Pathom is 30
kilometers northwest of Bangkok. >>

Best wishes,
Jim