"Bangkok" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is the capital of Thailand and can be used in any context where the city needs to be referenced. For example, "After spending a month traveling around Thailand, my final destination was Bangkok."
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Which brings me back to that IMF meeting in Bangkok in 1991.
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While Sydney were playing against Tottenham, Chelsea were defeating a Thai All Stars team 1-0 in Bangkok in front of 45,000 fans wearing blue shirts, another reminder to Mourinho of what his team owes its fans.
For the first time there are two restaurants based in Asian countries in the top 10 – Narisawa in Tokyo and Gaggan in Bangkok.
According to his statement, also published by the Bangkok Post, his safety is under threat from "from foreign criminals in Thailand working in liaison with the Thai police".
In 2011, when he was 15 years old, he traveled to Bangkok from his native Melbourne to attend the biennial World Rubik's Cube Championship for the first time.
"We will have an air force plane taking humanitarian supplies over and so it can take Australians to Bangkok where they can get a commercial flight home if they are unable to get out of Nepal," Bishop said.
Drummond is described by the Bangkok Post as an investigative journalist "who has specialised in exposing the activities of foreign criminals in Thailand".
Recordings included: a cat purring in Brooklyn; office banter in Kosovo; 10-pin bowling in Cardiff; square dancing in Berlin; a steam train in Australia; two lads from Yorkshire talking on helium; clarinet practising in Ayrshire; the sound of the Dutch coast; the dawn chorus in Sefton; doing the laundry in Bangkok; a bootleg clip of a concert in Brighton; and swearing from a traffic jam on the M6.
Having attended IMF meetings for many years I find that memories come flooding back on such occasions: thus it was that, in conversation with a fellow passenger, I recalled travelling to the Bangkok meeting of 1991, and having a drink on the aircraft with Norman Lamont, who was then chancellor.
