Hard to meet normal farangs. Thais are far more down to earth.

Stop hanging around in go-go and other girlie bars only...

2 minutes ago, Swiss1960 said:

Stop hanging around in go-go and other girlie bars only...

Have not been to either since about 2011.

Define normal!

Normal, normal.... Gawd i tried that once, gave up after 30 minutes, as it was boring.

1 hour ago, UbonThani said:

Have not been to either since about 2011.

But it's only 23:47 right now.

Yeah, they're quietly just going about their lives....

Maybe a nod at a store from a few of the more outgoing ones....

Not too many conversation starters when out and about.....

Actually, not too much different than the home countries once you take the work equation away.....

Then, add the electronic factor - 6 people at a table playing on their phones ala - "social" media.....The art of friendly casual conversation has been lost.....

If you want to meet normal farangs you have to stay on Thai Visa where we pretend to be normal. In the wild we are all the stereotypes we joke about.

Well, not me, but I don't want to meet you.

What is a normal farang ?? 

Anyone have a dedcription??

The opposite of internet people

I am normal I think. My wife disagrees.

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2 hours ago, UbonThani said:

Hard to meet normal farangs.

Normal people rarely refer to themselves using a foreign racist slur.

But then again, normal people usually live and die in their country of birth. 

14 minutes ago, karibu said:

What is a normal farang ?? 

Anyone have a dedcription??

'Dedcription', nice play on words!

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11 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Normal people rarely refer to themselves using a foreign racist slur.

Farang is a generic Thai word for person of white race no matter where they may come from; the Americas, Europe, etc.

 

Is google wrong?  Is farang a racist term?  

5 minutes ago, Skallywag said:

Farang is a generic Thai word for person of white race no matter where they may come from; the Americas, Europe, etc.

 

Is google wrong?  Is farang a racist term?  

Does it matter, do you think it's normal to slip one foreign word in your sentences? 

I've just asked my black pal if he ever gets the urge to call himself 'neego' when posting on forums.

Oh, and my pal from India claims he doesn't get the urge to call himself 'kairk' when typing online.

 

I'm betting the Koreans don't call themselves 'gowlee' either, but I don't know any to ask.

Take your own water bottle and visit the food court at Big C Pattaya Klang!

I meet a lot of "normal" people at my condo complex.  Lobby has several couches where owners hang out, the pool area, the shuttle, our resident minimart has tables and chairs outside where people meet also.

Have met 2 other Americans, a couple of Canadians, a few Swedes, a Norwegian, several Brits, a Scot, a Kiwi, a couple of fine Russian ladies, a German, a Dutchman, have enjoyed conversations with all several times over the last 6 months.  

1 minute ago, Skallywag said:

Have met 2 other Americans ...  several Brits a Scot +1 ...  

Corrected for you. 

 

Woke up in a pedantic mood today.

 

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

Normal, normal.... Gawd i tried that once, gave up after 30 minutes, as it was boring.

It took you that long?

Why ? When there are so many here, some even have multiple personalities ????????

Don't bump into many non-Thais at all. But, because of past encounters, when I do, I hide or avoid eye contact.

23 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Does it matter, do you think it's normal to slip one foreign word in your sentences? 

I've just asked my black pal if he ever gets the urge to call himself 'neego' when posting on forums.

Oh, and my pal from India claims he doesn't get the urge to call himself 'kairk' when typing online.

 

I'm betting the Koreans don't call themselves 'gowlee' either, but I don't know any to ask.

I dont follow you. Farang is just a catch-all word, not a derogatory racist word in my opinion. They do not know what your home country is to refer to you "properly"

I refer to many people in SEA as Asians, as I don't know if they are Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Malaysian etc...  

Are you saying Thais should refer to non-thais as Caucasians or what ?

Wouldn't have come to Thailand if I was normal

6 minutes ago, Skallywag said:

Are you saying Thais should refer to non-thais as Caucasians or Europeans or Americans ?

I'm saying we shouldn't refer to ourselves by our skin colour, using a foreign word, because we know better.

I don't care much about Thais, they can say what they like.

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I'm saying we shouldn't refer to ourselves by our skin colour.

I always thought of it as simply meaning "foreigner" (as in, not Thai).

 

But lets not derail the topic on this discussion please.

Still debating whether the word 'farang' is derogatory.

 

Is that normal?

I have no wish to be normal.

9 minutes ago, faraday said:

Still debating whether the word 'farang' is derogatory.

 

Is that normal?

Yes, am going off topic, that is "normal" for me.  ✌️

16 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I'm saying we shouldn't refer to ourselves by our skin colour, using a foreign word, because we know better.

Got it now...just took me longer than "normal" (trying to stay on-topic now) ✌️

Normal means, ordinary, usual, typical. If you cannot decide think about the opposite of normal, abnormal, are you abnormal? and if so why do you think you are abnormal?.