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The Funny Things The Farangs Say!

JSixpack

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Turnabout is fair play, eh?

The classic is "chok wow" for "chok dee." Yes, I've actually heard that said by a first-time tourist who really was unaware somebody had played a joke on him.

More seriously:

"Thai women have a different standard from farang women as to what constitutes 'handsome.' If you're clean, smell good, and dress neatly, then for them that's handsome!"

--said by a doting fat old bald farang paying his ex-BG girlfriend 10,000 per month (at least) and who'd just bought a large house in Pattaya.

"Dahling, I will if you want me to, but why must I stay at your sister's house all night while you go to the airport to say good-bye for the last time to your old boyfriend?"

--said by a newbie on the PTY-BKK bus to his new Thai girlfriend

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Was on a boat trip out to the islands. Went over to the railing for a smoke and found myself next to a bloke from the American continent. He was watching the schools of flying-fish that were being disturbed by the wake of the boat.

After some minutes of silence, he turned to me and in all seriousness said "Man, them birds stay underwater a long time".

Had to spit out my cigarette.

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it always cracks me up when i hear a newbie (male) come back from Thailand for the first time saying "sawasdee ka" :D

Been there...done that... :D

totster :D

Yep me as well might a right idiot of myself in tgi fridays in bangkok saying that to one of the waitresses wont be doing that one again :o

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it always cracks me up when i hear a newbie (male) come back from Thailand for the first time saying "sawasdee ka" :D

Been there...done that... :D

totster :D

Yep me as well might a right idiot of myself in tgi fridays in bangkok saying that to one of the waitresses wont be doing that one again :o

Sorry MADE a right idiot of myself
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Was on a boat trip out to the islands. Went over to the railing for a smoke and found myself next to a bloke from the American continent. He was watching the schools of flying-fish that were being disturbed by the wake of the boat.

After some minutes of silence, he turned to me and in all seriousness said "Man, them birds stay underwater a long time".

Had to spit out my cigarette.

:D:D

Slightly off-topic and not trying to gang up on our NA cousins, but me and a buddy were flying between the Hawaiian Islands and I was sat next to a Septic chatting away and mentioned that me and my mate (who was sat next to me) were on an around the world trip, to which he replied, 'Have you been together long?' :o:D

Had to explain that 'mate' also means friend, as well as someone you roger. :D :D

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sawassdee ka

this is my story..and im Thai

* *at the airport * *

me - do we have to "check in" 2 hrs before ?

friend - no ,not "shag in" but "check in"

me - oh well i said "check in" ...but whatever you say "shag in" is must be fun also

friend - !?! ..could i call you Miss SHAG

me - its fine Mr A*shole ..

friend - ok B-tch

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I worked with some filipinos a few years ago (both here and in Manila) and they all refered to Thailand as "Thighland"

How fitting. :o

(I also cringe at the ferrang blokes saying "sawasdee ka" too :D

P

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Westerners referring to other westerners as farrangs, what the <deleted> is that all about :D

And why not? :D Saying a farang is a Westerner or a foreigner actually sounds more alien to me. Must have been here too long :o

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Was on a boat trip out to the islands. Went over to the railing for a smoke and found myself next to a bloke from the American continent. He was watching the schools of flying-fish that were being disturbed by the wake of the boat.

After some minutes of silence, he turned to me and in all seriousness said "Man, them birds stay underwater a long time".

Had to spit out my cigarette.

555555 They think I'm mad in the office now - I just spit luke warm coffee at my monitor!

When I was first learning Thai I was sitting in an outside bat in CM with some Thai friends from the UK. Just as I sat alone (friends at the bar). A girl comes over, about 12-15 y/o I'd guess (OK, I'm not a very good guesser, but I do err on the side of caution!), she has a lot of beautiful soap carved flowers that she had made. Having been instructed by my Thai friends that I should never buy from street hawkers that approach me or give to beggars (I was a newbie!) I tried to tell herthat I did not want them. However instead of saying the few words I had learnt to say this "Mai Ou Krup", I said, rather brashly (in a semi-panic to remember the words a deliver them) "Mai chop mahk" :o (I really do not like them). I don't know why it came out as that, it just did. I realised what I had said as soon as I had finished saying it, but I did not have the words to correct my self - I just sat there staring at this girl with a faltering mind stumbling around in the emptiness of my Thai volcabulary. She quietly walked away.

OK, probably not too bad, but it embarassed the he11 out of me.

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I get farang (yes, it works much better than foreigner) asking me "Do people own land here?"

What do they possibly think? That Koh P emerged from the sea as a tourist destination?

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555555 They think I'm mad in the office now - I just spit luke warm coffee at my monitor!

When I was first learning Thai I was sitting in an outside bat in CM with some Thai friends from the UK. Just as I sat alone (friends at the bar). A girl comes over, about 12-15 y/o I'd guess (OK, I'm not a very good guesser, but I do err on the side of caution!), she has a lot of beautiful soap carved flowers that she had made. Having been instructed by my Thai friends that I should never buy from street hawkers that approach me or give to beggars (I was a newbie!) I tried to tell herthat I did not want them. However instead of saying the few words I had learnt to say this "Mai Ou Krup", I said, rather brashly (in a semi-panic to remember the words a deliver them) "Mai chop mahk"  :o  (I really do not like them). I don't know why it came out as that, it just did. I realised what I had said as soon as I had finished saying it, but I did not have the words to correct my self - I just sat there staring at this girl with a faltering mind stumbling around in the emptiness of my Thai volcabulary. She quietly walked away.

OK, probably not too bad, but it embarassed the he11 out of me.

Probably hurt her feelings a fair bit too...... :D

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Have to agree, I even call myself a Farang, bothered me when I first came, sort of thought it was insulting in a way, but now I am used to it. t is only their way of saying Foreigner.

By the way Wolf 5370, what is "an outside bat"? :o:D

Cheers

TP

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