DrTuner Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Being a farang gives you a wide berth in defining your own position in the pissing order. It's an advantage. Unfortunately the unsavvy farangs have imported the classification tables from the wicked West and even worse, are preaching them to Thais. All this while they could elevate themselves to demigods, just by saying they're classy and the peasants know <deleted> all. What I'm wondering is, how do you folks sleep at all ? I mean someone could downgrade your status at any moment, what a nightmare ! Must keep up appearances, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 No body calls me farang. I trust that is to be said with the Dirty Harry accent ? Or a warning like Hulk ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Seems many farangs are never called farangs as they have a certain hi-so status that is instantly recognised by the Thais. Perhaps it is their pale skinned Chinese Thais wives? Can't be. A well bred Hi-So wife will show class and walk with the head bowed in respect 10m after the esteemed Farang. I've been told it's either the hairdo or the suit that raises instant respect among the Siamese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Smithy Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 No body calls me farang. I trust that is to be said with the Dirty Harry accent ? Or a warning like Hulk ? I was thinking more like Michael J Fox on the 'Back To The Future' Series, 'Nobody calls me chicken'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlejuice Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 No body calls me farang. If you`re smaller than me I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Gives a whole new spin to the term 'anti-farang sentiment'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayayay Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) yes there are some minor differences between south Italy and north Sweden Farangs. Also between Portuguese and these from Novosibirsk. It is a HUGE difference between these countries. People who are from the west should know that. Edited October 31, 2012 by ayayay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Another disrespectful thing is calling you only by your name. Family call me 'pi Neeranam', 'lung Neeranam', 'look', 'Dad', Friends, neighbours call me 'Khun Neeranam', 'Ajarn Neeranam'. The only Thai person that calls me by only my name is my wife. If they call you by name only or farang or anything else it means that you haven't been accepted. Edited October 31, 2012 by Neeranam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I think you will find speaking Thai will do more for humanizing you than insisting they don’t call you Farang. To paraphrase, who is easier to dehumanize, the guy who makes loud incoherent noises or someone you can actually speak with and understand? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I think you will find speaking Thai will do more for humanizing you than insisting they don’t call you Farang. To paraphrase, who is easier to dehumanize, the guy who makes loud incoherent noises or someone you can actually speak with and understand? Yeah but the downside is understanding what people are saying who don't know you understand ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villagefarang Posted October 31, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2012 I think you will find speaking Thai will do more for humanizing you than insisting they don’t call you Farang. To paraphrase, who is easier to dehumanize, the guy who makes loud incoherent noises or someone you can actually speak with and understand? Yeah but the downside is understanding what people are saying who don't know you understand ... That is often the fun part. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I think you will find speaking Thai will do more for humanizing you than insisting they don’t call you Farang. To paraphrase, who is easier to dehumanize, the guy who makes loud incoherent noises or someone you can actually speak with and understand? Yeah but the downside is understanding what people are saying who don't know you understand ... That is often the fun part. Agreed, once asked a Thai woman if her husband hit her, this was after she asked the mrs if I hit her, I was standing right beside her. The old bag then gave one of those stupid smiles and left. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payak Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 demand they call you mr farang, demand respect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 To get things clear, is it OK for me to call all Thais 'Jimmy' - same as everyone else? To be honest, unless you're planning on going bush, who cares? SC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maprao Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 They call me PI MAPRAO (Replace maprao with my name). Without exception and I never really asked why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJohnnyBKK Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 yes there are some minor differences between south Italy and north Sweden Farangs. Also between Portuguese and these from Novosibirsk. It is a HUGE difference between these countries. People who are from the west should know that. Here's a quarter, buy a clue - try googling "sarcasm" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post payak Posted October 31, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2012 i have a thai friend who just called her child google. now in the future when he googles his own name, will he mistakenly believe he is the holder of all knowledge, and get a god complex. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modem Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 The Thai people you know may learn to not call you f-rang to your face anyway, but the more interesting question is what are they THINKING ... I think the OP is basically right. We that are seen as f-rangs are targets of a thing called OTHERIZATION and it makes it much easier morally/ethically to treat such others in shabby ways and sometimes (not even rarely in my view), not even as real human beings with real human feelings. We are all outsiders. To varying degrees, we are all subject to what you refer to as OTHERIZATION. As to what they are THINKING, this varies. But we are not the same as them and never will be. We will always be outsiders. Our kids will be outsiders to a lesser extent; our grand children to an even lesser extent. I sense identity issues. This happens when we are no longer part of our mother culture but have not yet integrated into the local culture. We are in a state of flux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatoichi Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I think the whole farang/otherization thing has more to do with you than it dose the Thais. My inlaws and Thai friends call me by my name with the appropriate prefix (ie Khun, Pi, Nong, as the case may be) I don't get called farang. And more importantly I'm not treated like one. But then again, I don't treat them any different either. I don't cally my father in law Khun so & so, I call him Dad. Same with the rest of my inlaws I speak with them and treat them like I would my blood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Roadman Posted October 31, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2012 Its humourous how some on here are upset with the name 'falang' and yet refer to the people they are with as thai's...thai wife, thai gf etc.etc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted October 31, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2012 Its humourous how some on here are upset with the name 'falang' and yet refer to the people they are with as thai's...thai wife, thai gf etc.etc Thai is a nationality, yes? What nationality is f-rang? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittychangchang Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I don't accept the "farang status" especially with luk krueng children. For a Thai to refer to all foreigners as farang once they know them is ignorant and racist. Maybe the people who are calling the foreigners "farangs" ARE uneducated, ignorant, racist, peasants? Education, education, education is the way forward. Whenever i see an oportunity to correct an ignoranti i do so and so should you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modem Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Maybe the people who are calling the foreigners "farangs" ARE uneducated, ignorant, racist, peasants? They are not. Nor (unlike you) are they idiots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endure Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Just a gentle reminder folks.... 4) Not to flame fellow members.Flaming will not be tolerated. 'Flaming' is defined as posting or responding to a message in a way clearly intended to incite useless arguments, to launch personal attacks, to insult, or to be hateful towards other members. This includes useless criticism, name-calling, swearing and any other comments meant to incite anger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonD Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 ..What nationality is f-rang? My understanding is that the term is derived from 'Frank' ie French, via Arabia. Nothing worse for a Brit than to be labelled 'French'! Wars have been fought for less... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endure Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Good wine, good food and long holidays - who wouldn't want to be French? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Even though I never bought the French origin theory of f-rang, it's irrelevant. Modern Thais don't think f-rang means French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modem Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Even though I never bought the French origin theory of f-rang, it's irrelevant. Modern Thais don't think f-rang means French. No, they don't. These days, most Thais know nothing about the origins of the word. How about you? http://maps.google.c...ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg Look at the map. Note the word FERINGGI. The location is almost exactly due east of Southern India / Ceylon. It was the first port of call for the Portuguese who came here in their quest to take control of the Malacca Straits. Few Thais know the origins of the word farang or farangi or ferangi. So what? How many farangs are acquainted with the history of Ayuthaya or Sukothai? Edited October 31, 2012 by Modem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonD Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) ^^ For crying out loud, JT, I was making a lame joke about it. Why do you always have to be so bloody precious... It's a banal topic that's been done to death here anyway. Edited October 31, 2012 by SimonD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittychangchang Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Maybe the people who are calling the foreigners "farangs" ARE uneducated, ignorant, racist, peasants? They are not. Nor (unlike you) are they idiots. Where in my post did i use the word idiot?I believe education and understanding is the way forward for everyone on the planet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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