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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
Today’s column is coming from the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum to where I periodically escape for a break from Bangkok. There was a quick reminder that I was no longer in the Big Mango while sitting in a village restaurant with my wife and friends. A Thai lad about 5 years old came up to our table and stared at me for a bit and giggled. I might add this is not an unusual reaction to Crutch in the provinces. As he walked back to his parents at the next table he said quite loudly the magic words “jah mook dong“, which roughly translates as “pointed nose”. It was of course a reference to m…