2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Mister. 

 

Most people in Thailand call me Mister.

Yes, same as my username ... Khun LA

LA (L.A.) being my legal name.  Not pronounce as 'la', though many may think that after meeting me ... ????

1 hour ago, HauptmannUK said:

What?!! Are you serious? If true then that would explain the knowing smiles from the village ladies..

I think in Lao or Issan language 'Hum' is a jovial expression of endearment. 

A long time ago I thought it was the Lao/Isaan word for those 2 spherical things, but pretty sure that it means penis, in a friendly joking manner. 

I have known to be wrong. ????

2 hours ago, HauptmannUK said:

What?!! Are you serious? If true then that would explain the knowing smiles from the village ladies..

Big balls.

Me I am just known as............ The Handsome Man........

ATM (very commn name with farangs in Thailand)

On 8/5/2022 at 6:31 AM, 1FinickyOne said:

Fatso... 

I'm 100% sure he didn't need it translated, he totally understood.  Especially, and most importantly, the Thai word that would have been spoken by Thais would be 

อ้วน.   

maybe a MAK MAK at the end....or not.  

 

 

 

 

Do I have a Thai name , sort of.  Being named Phil after a famous Greek my wife and Thai friends called me Few as have trouble with the letters ph.. My surname is Ross , again  a problem as for some reason comes out as Loss.  Oh well my house nameplate outside says Few Rocks.

13 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

that's the short version isn't it? your full name should be "Farang Rumak Mai Dee" ????

You, my friend,  are the recipient of this months  "  know too much" award   !

 

2 hours ago, carlyai said:

I think in Lao or Issan language 'Hum' is a jovial expression of endearment. 

A long time ago I thought it was the Lao/Isaan word for those 2 spherical things, but pretty sure that it means penis, in a friendly joking manner. 

I have known to be wrong. ????

Be careful when you hear others saying  "He's a real hum dinger" .

 

2 hours ago, carlyai said:

I think in Lao or Issan language 'Hum' is a jovial expression of endearment. 

A long time ago I thought it was the Lao/Isaan word for those 2 spherical things, but pretty sure that it means penis, in a friendly joking manner. 

I have known to be wrong. ????

Hum noi or small balls is a common nickname for little boys.

Our half Thai daughter was born in Taiwan when we were stationed there.  We affectionately nicknamed her Moo หมู.  She traveled to the US for the first time when she was 18months old.....The natives (my aunts/uncles/relatives) couldn't understand how we could call someone 'pig'.  Of course, most all of them had no idea the difference between Taiwan and Thailand.

I find it refreshing to know that Thais will call you fatso and you won't get offended.  Try doing that with someone you know in the US!

 

I'd asked my teacher in Thai class to give me a Thai name - and she nominated me as "sua" = tiger - but it never stuck.

 

For these pages, I've adopted "ling" = monkey.

 

Mostly here I'm not called anything, other than "pee" = elder brother.

I'm generally known as Joh neeeeeeeeeeeeee.