Opinion Russian Teacher to Thais: Drop ‘Farang’ if 'Ni Hao' Offends

[fredwiggy]

Just now, Cameroni said:

 

Ever since you missed the "black foreign tourists" bit in the other thread I have grave doubts about your Thai ability, to be honest.

It isn't hard to fake that you speak Thai to others on an online forum, as you know.

[MartinL]

4 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

No maan  “aa” would use a า มาน 

 

Anyway it just goes to show the importance of learning the thai alphabet.

 

if you read out loud the word “man” in English it is not the same sound as if you were saying “it” in Thai.

มัน is pronounced mun, not man. 
 

I hope that clears up your misunderstanding.

 

 

I later edited to better show the sound of 'แ...' - 'mair' would be a better transcription, hence the comparison with 'แม', mother.

 

No misunderstanding on my part, thank you.

[BritManToo]

8 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Did I say I didn't know their names? Do you go to your girlfriend's (if you have one) parents and say sawadee krup so and so? No, even Thais don't do that. All you hear is sawadee krup or sawadee ka.

I avoid all contact with my wife's mother.

If forced by circumstances to speak about her, 'Granny' (or Yai) is good enough.

[Cameroni]

Just now, fredwiggy said:

It isn't hard to fake that you speak Thai to others on an online forum, as you know.

 

That's true, I trust MalcolmB as far as I can throw him, about 97.9 metres.

[fredwiggy]

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

She translates English 'hot potato' to 'problem' when speaking Thai.

Not sure what that has to do with anything on this thread.

 

I used to sit in the cinema listening to the English movie, and reading the Thai subs ....... they never matched. 

Google translate isn't much better. Sometimes it comes out very strange, especially if you try long sentences.

[MalcolmB]

Surprised nobody has brought up the Issan version of farang yet.

ผักสีดา Pak see da which also means guava

 

[MalcolmB]

2 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

That's true, I trust MalcolmB as far as I can throw him, about 97.9 metres.

Thanks mate

That is a lot of trust. 

[fredwiggy]

Just now, BritManToo said:

I avoid my wife's mother in all circumstances.

I'm civil to everyone. I know the damage they've done, and still do to her. I've done all I can to help her get stronger against others who talk down to her, and it includes her parents. Now she doesn't let things bother her so much as I've built her self esteem more, showing her she's much better than some think she is. The first time I saw her mom talk to her, 4 years ago,  without knowing what she said, i saw fear and anxiety in her eyes, and she wouldn't look her in the eyes. Now it's a lot different.  I asked her what he mom ws saying after she left and it was a series of putdowns.

[Cameroni]

Just now, MalcolmB said:

Surprised nobody has brought up the Issan version of farang yet.

ผักสีดา Pak see da which also means guava

 

 

Did you by chance read that in this article?

 

For example, one Westerner said that some Thais laughed when a Westerner (farang) eats guava, which is also called “farang” in Thai, and laugh.... อ่านข่าวต้นฉบับได้ที่ : https://www.khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2025/04/20/why-some-thais-get-triggered-when-westerners-say-ni-hao-to-them/

 

 

[MalcolmB]

4 minutes ago, MartinL said:

I later edited to better show the sound of 'แ...' - 'mair' would be a better transcription, hence the comparison with 'แม', mother.

 

No misunderstanding on my part, thank you.

I just posted that short video for you to listen to the way a thai pronounces potato in Thai.

it is a mun sound, she doesn’t say “man.”

[SHA 2 BKK]

2 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Guess we know how Thais feel about being confused with Chinese.

 

 

Like Canadians and their neighbours from the US.   

[Packer]

31 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

No.  

 

You're wrong. 🙂 

 

You're not Bangkok ready, as you're clearly clueless about Thais and Thailand. 🙂 

 

 

[MalcolmB]

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

The first time I saw her mom talk to her, 4 years ago,  without knowing what she said, i saw fear and anxiety in her eyes, and she wouldn't look her in the eyes. Now it's a lot different.  I asked her what he mom ws saying after she left and it was a series of putdowns.

Was it along the lines of. “Why did you bring this farang here for?”

[MartinL]

Just now, MalcolmB said:

I just posted that short video for you to listen to the way a thai pronounces potato in Thai.

it is a mun sound, she doesn’t say “man.”

As I've already said, my wife and those around me clearly say 'man' and I'll trust them over your video bird. Maybe a local variation but my money's on the pronunciation of those I know.

[MalcolmB]

3 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

Did you by chance read that in this article?

 

For example, one Westerner said that some Thais laughed when a Westerner (farang) eats guava, which is also called “farang” in Thai, and laugh.... อ่านข่าวต้นฉบับได้ที่ : https://www.khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2025/04/20/why-some-thais-get-triggered-when-westerners-say-ni-hao-to-them/

 

 

That luuk kreung has been sacked from his job. 
I think his dads name is Karen

[Yagoda]

2 minutes ago, SHA 2 BKK said:

Like Canadians and their neighbours from the US.   

Exactly, every time someone asks me if I am Canadian I say do I look drunk and stupid?

[BangkokReady]

2 minutes ago, Packer said:

You're wrong. 🙂 

 

You're not Bangkok ready, as you're clearly clueless about Thais and Thailand. 🙂 

 

What do you think Thais call other Thais in the third person?

[BangkokReady]

1 minute ago, MartinL said:

5 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

I just posted that short video for you to listen to the way a thai pronounces potato in Thai.

it is a mun sound, she doesn’t say “man.”

As I've already said, my wife and those around me clearly say 'man' and I'll trust them over your video bird. Maybe a local variation but my money's on the pronunciation of those I know.

 

MalcolmB is literally a troll account.  There's little point in engaging with him.

[MalcolmB]

3 minutes ago, MartinL said:

As I've already said, my wife and those around me clearly say 'man' and I'll trust them over your video bird. Maybe a local variation but my money's on the pronunciation of those I know.

You are wrong. I dont have to ask anyone.

You talk about money, which is funny, it is pronounced as you would say money also. Or Monday.

 

มัน be itself translates as “it” or “fat”, not as in a fat person, but as fat in food. French fries have a lot of fat.

 

[fredwiggy]

1 minute ago, MalcolmB said:

Was it along the lines of. “Why did you bring this farang here for?”

Nothing about me that time. She's told them all along I'm good to her, so they have no ammunition. They have said she was not good because she had a boyfriend. That came from having a crappy husband for years who did very little and worse, and they felt since she picked a loser in the beginning, she didn't know what she was doing. They wanted her to be all by herself, staying home taking care of the house. Control. Talking to her like she was 17 and not in her 40's and very intelligent. When people that should love you say you're bad all your life, you end up believing it until you're shown otherwise.

[BritManToo]

12 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Was it along the lines of. “Why did you bring this farang here for?”

or ........

I've told you to stop bringing your work home.

[MartinL]

2 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

You are wrong. I dont have to ask anyone.

You talk about money, which is funny, it is pronounced as you would say money also.

 

Do you have to have the last word even when there's nothing sensible to say?

 

Reply to this and you CAN have the last word in our little conversation.

[MalcolmB]

3 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

MalcolmB is literally a troll account.  There's little point in engaging with him.

Another one who can’t speak Thai and gets upset when I correct him.

[fredwiggy]

4 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Exactly, every time someone asks me if I am Canadian I say do I look drunk and stupid?

That's funny, I've heard that said about Trump supporters, although I didn't believe it because some of them are my relatives, and I don't generalize.

[fredwiggy]

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

or ........

I've told you to stop bringing your work home.

She was never a bar girl or had multiple partners. She went to college and worked for CPAC and now for the government. Only a fraction of Thai women are workers in that regard.

[SHA 2 BKK]

4 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Exactly, every time someone asks me if I am Canadian I say do I look drunk and stupid?

True cobber.  Much better to be a God Fearing, Freedom Loving Septic then them there freely medicated Canucks.   

[BritManToo]

6 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Only a fraction of Thai women are workers in that regard.

You and your fantasies, eh Fred!

How are the fairies at the end of your garden doing these days?

[fredwiggy]

2 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Another one who can’t speak Thai and gets upset when I correct him.

How do you know he can't speak Thai? How do we know you can? What does it matter anyway? If we're here, we're fitting in. Not speaking Thai isn't a factor in ability to stay here, nor is it when a Thai wants to live in another country and can't speak that language.

[quake]

Who f-ing cares.

Life is to short for this BS.

It is never going to change. 

 

[fredwiggy]

Just now, BritManToo said:

You and your fantasies, eh Fred!

How are the fairies at the end of your garden doing these days?

You need to remember, just because you've purchased women here, doesn't mean they're all bar girls or foreigners are bar girl buyers. It, again, is just a tiny fraction of all Thai women who live here. If you think I'm gullible, think of the opposite of that word and that's where I'm at.