The Word Teeluk

[Johnniey]

Never heard Teeluk in 10 years, I have heard Teerak, but mostly I think they take the piss when they use the English equivalent "Darling" usually emphasizing the LING at the end! "Oh, dar LING!" (Ling being Monkey)

and 'Dark' being 'bum'

Haha I have always liked that play on words... Walk past a bar beer, and the girls are shouting out dark ling ! to the farangs passing by, to amuse themselves. The tourists smile , hearing the word darling... I will put a stern look on my face, and ask them in Thai why they are calling me a monkey's butt. They get a scared look on their faces, start apologizing profusely, and only stop when I burst out laughing...

hI

And in your native country you don't mind prostitutes calling you a monkeys ass ?

I have experienced the above and certainly didn't smile.

It's understandable how tourists act like morons, but I've lived here for 24 years and don't take to insults well.

In my country, prostitutes are on crack and walking the streets in the bad parts of town. So to answer your question, I do not have a lot of communication with them.... And no, after 14 years here I do not take insults either, as many Thais have found out. Regarding the girls shouting dark ling in a random way to amuse themselves, I just responded in the same joking way.

If a person became enraged over a minor joke like that, then I think there are other issues that person would need to address.....

So you think Thai prostitutes are high class compared to your own country?

Western prostitutes are great to have a laugh with, try buying an off duty one a drink and let her open up with the stories, I remember one in the US, she had me in stitches for hours. She was a great drinking buddy

I agree, I've drank with prossies. too. They are even more fun if you have an obscene amount of money. No different to Thai ones. The one difference is that any Tom, Dick, or Sergie can be that guy with what is relatively the obscene amount of cash to Moo, Noi, or Lek, the farm girl from Buriram, or Nakhon Nowhere.

[Shotime]

Can you imagine the hysterics that broke out when the bar girls first heard a farang call her mate darling?

[IrishIvan]

Can you imagine the hysterics that broke out when the bar girls first heard a farang call her mate darling?

And the whole country is still laughing now

[terabiter]

I'm sure some of the sailors from the very first Portuguese trading boats that came over from Malacca 500 years ago fell in love with lower-class local lasses - more likely slaves than P4P - and the snobby locals probably were laughing then too. Think the sailors cared what the Thais thought then either?

[Cuban]

Go to some Thai market places - call "Teeluk" see who turns round.

[SteeleJoe]

Go to some Thai market places - call "Teeluk" see who turns round.

Loads of people will turn around: they'd want see who the muppet was who'd something like that...