Popular Post FangFerang Posted April 9, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2012 Top Ten Proofs You Have Been Acculturated in Thailand 10) When you ask for directions, any hesitation from the helper is understood as politeness when they lie to save face. 9) You make friends with the guy selling fried insects. 8) You fix a broken chair leg before work. When you come home for dinner, you find that your wife has had all the furniture reupholstered. You accept this as normal behavior. Then you kiss her for it. 6) Running out of sweet chili sauce is on the same emergency level as a grease fire. 5) It crosses your mind that a katoi is no stranger than a punter who repeatedly makes wagers and loses every time. 4) You equate tea money and bills paid without receipts. 3) You are a twin. You accept that Thais are different than westerners. Your twin is convinced they are all liars and thieves. In a moment of clarity you realize that both of you are wrong, and then accept perpetual un-enlightenment. 2) Your Thai wife is angry, and you pretend not to understand because her English is broken. And the number one indicator of Thai acculturation is ... 1) You remember your own home country in the context of a failing nation and hope Thailand avoids the same mistakes. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelaos Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 all true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post midasthailand Posted April 9, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2012 You invent new English words to impress all your new Thai friends! Acculturation!!!!....Really! You never use your indicators but wave your magic hand out of the window. You wonder why there is white paper in the toilet? You squat rather than sit on a chair as squatting is more comfortable. You eat something from all the dishes on the table even if you have no idea what you are eating. You refuse to acknowledge other foreigners even if they are polite. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post T_Dog Posted April 9, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2012 Number 11 would be " The muddy footprints on the toilet seat are your own." 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwan Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 You admire the abstract art that you see everywhere scrawled on the roads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I'm off to bed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beetlejuice Posted April 9, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2012 You converse with other farangs in pigeon Engrish. There is a building on fire. You see a man hanging from a third floor window. You have a long ladder and wonder how much the man is going to pay you to save him? A man accidentally bumps into you and pushes you over on the sidewalk. He does not apologise, you get back on you’re feet, then you look him straight in the eye, smile and wish him chok dee, (good luck). You witness a truck running over a motorcyclist. The motorcyclist is flattened like a pancake in the middle of the road. You go home and tell all your family and friends that you have just witnessed one of most hilarious scenes you have ever seen in your life. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shot Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 " 6) Running out of sweet chili sauce is on the same emergency level as a grease fire. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 You stopped using ashtrays. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Payboy Posted April 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2012 You start adding Khun to other farangs names. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 you out in screws with a hammer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rak sa_ngop Posted April 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2012 You start eating MaMa noodles dry straight from the packet when you run out of other snacks. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post notmyself Posted April 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2012 Number 7 gets stolen 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Payboy Posted April 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2012 You throw a brick straight up and don't move out of the way because you know that Thailand is the safest country you've ever been to. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Sleeping on a 2 hour bus ride. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kevjohn Posted April 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2012 When you favorite answer is " Up to you " 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thequietman Posted April 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2012 When you order Cow pat moo and its 30 baht. You turn to the wife and say, "its very expensive here isn,t it? We can get this same meal in our village for 25 baht." 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 You converse with other farangs in pigeon Engrish you think "pigeon engrish" is the language pigeons use to communicate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KeyserSoze01 Posted April 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2012 You can get the dam_n rubber bands off plastic baggies without spilling the contents all over yourself. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TomTao Posted April 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2012 You can put an elastic band on a plastic bag quicker than the lady at the shop. Posted with Thaivisa App http://apps.thaivisa.com 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necronx99 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 The appearance of 3 truckloads of assorted relatives and the announcement that the are spending several days camping on your floor despite you deliberately building a 1 bedroom house does not phase you in the least. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Thanks for the laughs. They are mostly all true... and that is what makes good humour. I've been back in Canada for a week and I'm still saying Krap pun cup when someone gives me something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FangFerang Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) You invent new English words to impress all your new Thai friends! Acculturation!!!!....Really! You never use your indicators but wave your magic hand out of the window. You wonder why there is white paper in the toilet? You squat rather than sit on a chair as squatting is more comfortable. You eat something from all the dishes on the table even if you have no idea what you are eating. You refuse to acknowledge other foreigners even if they are polite. Acculturation. It's from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (among several) "cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture; also : a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact " Look it up, bud. Edited April 10, 2012 by FangFerang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 You converse with other farangs in pigeon Engrish you think "pigeon engrish" is the language pigeons use to communicate. You notice that pigeons can't pronounce English very well ........................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FangFerang Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 I'd like to see everybody throw in their Top Ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragandboneman Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 The Thai 'dubbing' doesn't look too bad on that film !!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FangFerang Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 And the Number 7 Proof of being Acculturated in Thailand: You make a shopping list and botch the number sequence. You tell your friends that the number 7 is unlucky in your home province, as the number 4 is never used for numbering floors in Korea, or the thirteenth floor being absent in much early 20th century American architecture. After awhile, you begin to believe it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 When you make an appointment to meet someone 2pm the next day, but you never show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 You converse with other farangs in pigeon Engrish you think "pigeon engrish" is the language pigeons use to communicate. You notice that pigeons can't pronounce English very well ........................... You can hold an intelligent conversation with the pigeons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangme Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 You make a shopping list and forget it at home. Posted with Thaivisa App http://apps.thaivisa.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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