Every day when I leave my apartment and every evening when I return the guard at the entrance (driveway) to my apartment complex gives me a firm 'click of the heels, salute' and a loud "Krap". When he says it the "r" is soft, so it sounds more like "Cah'p". I believe it is a short version - perhaps more masculine/military form of "Sawadii Krap". Which is both hello and goodbye.
I surprised him the other day and spoke a little Thai. Not much more than "How are you." "See you again" etc. He responded in Thai the way I would expect, so I must have spoke my Thai good enough.
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