Meanings of place names

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violet wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:10 am "if anyone has any different explanations please share" seems to me he was comfortable enough to risk people shooting him in the head by offering up what he thought might be good explanations, while at the same time being open to correction.

Why not just offer informed corrections without knocking his head off?
Some did follow your kind advice. But the depth of his ignorance defies allotted space. For. example not knowing the difference between the Khmer word used in the present continuous and the word for port.
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Kampong means (n) landing.
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taabarang wrote:
violet wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:10 am "if anyone has any different explanations please share" seems to me he was comfortable enough to risk people shooting him in the head by offering up what he thought might be good explanations, while at the same time being open to correction.

Why not just offer informed corrections without knocking his head off?
Some did follow your kind advice. But the depth of his ignorance defies allotted space. For. example not knowing the difference between the Khmer word used in the present continuous and the word for port.
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And I’m still not sure it isn’t a clever attempt at comedy.
For example, the legend of Lady Penh is pretty widely known. But he has come up with another bizarre explanation.
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jmagic wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:35 am Kampong means (n) landing.
A landing for what if not boats? Port seems appropriate.
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taabarang wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:20 am
violet wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:10 am "if anyone has any different explanations please share" seems to me he was comfortable enough to risk people shooting him in the head by offering up what he thought might be good explanations, while at the same time being open to correction.

Why not just offer informed corrections without knocking his head off?
Some did follow your kind advice. But the depth of his ignorance defies allotted space. For. example not knowing the difference between the Khmer word used in the present continuous and the word for port.
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Ignorance is harsh. At a lower level is all.
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taabarang wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:43 am
jmagic wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:35 am Kampong means (n) landing.
A landing for what if not boats? Port seems appropriate.
Ya, I always thought of it as Port. /shrug

Isn't Saom, in Kampong Saom (SNV) an old word for the moon?
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Kampong Cham just means Cham port, doesn't it?

What does Shitsville mean?
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There's an old thread about this.
Khmer provincial towns - Names & Meanings
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Felgerkarb wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:59 am
taabarang wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:43 am
jmagic wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:35 am Kampong means (n) landing.
A landing for what if not boats? Port seems appropriate.
Ya, I always thought of it as Port. /shrug

Isn't Saom, in Kampong Saom (SNV) an old word for the moon?
A port is a kind of landing. No, Saom is some sort of plant or fruit, I can't remember which.
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