Farang Busker at Markets.

[KED]

how does one look English?? please tell do Aussies look Australian do Canadians look Canadian

pale skin that glows in the dark - always a giveaway

[phuketrichard]

there is one farang with blond hair that stands an sings with his guitar at the Friday night market in Kamala.

I make it a point to stare at him an shake my head. Doesn't even sing in English

the thais find him amusing

He is Russian and sings in Russian.

He must make something in the way of money or he wouldnt be turning up month after month..

Why do you stare at him and shake your head?

Cause as a Farang its <deleted> embarrassing.

[HooHaa]

my, my, we do worry so much about others, don't we.

[LivinginKata]

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[smotherb]

how does one look English?? please tell do Aussies look Australian do Canadians look Canadian

Perhaps it was the collared long-sleeve shirt, bowler, and umbrella.

[smotherb]

Other than breaking Thai labor laws, what is your problem? At least he has not abandoned his kids and was not trying to scam someone, he was attempting to work.

[KarenBravo]

ok get your point but could you elaborate a bit more as to why you thought he was English and not,say Irish or Welch or Scottish

where do welch people come from? somewhere people dont pay their debts?!

back on topic; busked as a teenager, great fun at the time but thank goodness my life amounted to more.

and busking in a third world country? a bit pathetic.

my apologies to the WELSH nation also to the spelling police

Actually, you sort of got it right the first time.

Welch is just an archaic way of spelling Welsh.

A good example would be in the British army regiment the Royal Welch Fusiliers.

[carter1882]

I detect a modicum of unkindness on TV towards buskers. I have always felt that street acts of any kind add variety and character to a city whether they are locals or imports. I mean the most interesting, no, the only interesting thing I saw on a visit to Pattaya recently were the Turkish ice cream sellers. I know they are not buskers but variety is the spice of life so why not live and let live.

[Bogan Koori]

I was also embarrassed by his antics. I mean what's next? Western beggars asking for smokes and money. Get stuffed

[Felt 35]

A foreigner is seen singing and playing in Thailand to top up his income and immediately regarded as a scumbag when half Africa and Asia beg for money on the streets of our home countries as a permanent job and worst of all actually get a decent income doing so but hey they need to make a living!

[somewhereinengland]

Well if he was using the f word must be Scottish coz they tend to sware a bit more than their English counterparts

[hansgruber]

I detect a modicum of unkindness on TV towards buskers. I have always felt that street acts of any kind add variety and character to a city whether they are locals or imports. I mean the most interesting, no, the only interesting thing I saw on a visit to Pattaya recently were the Turkish ice cream sellers. I know they are not buskers but variety is the spice of life so why not live and let live.

I'm not against the busking at all. I'm against him using his children to solicit the donations.

I'm assuming they don't go to school here so what is this teaching them?

[timmyp]

how does one look English?? please tell do Aussies look Australian do Canadians look Canadian

"English" is an ethnic group of people, so their is most certainly an English "look," separate from Scottish, Welsh, and other white folks, etc. That isn't really the case for immigrant nations like Australia, Canada, and the U.S (although certainly their is a native look of folks from those regions,).

It's not strange to say someone has an English face or build, but of course it's weird to talk about an "American" or "Australian" face or build (other than fat?), unless referring to the true natives of those areas, because Canadian/American/Australian refers to a nationality, not an ethnicity. Not the case for England or Sweden or German, even though there might be lots of recent immigration there.

[ThePlant]

I was also embarrassed by his antics. I mean what's next? Western beggars asking for smokes and money. Get stuffed

Next time you see him why not ask him face to face and let your feelings about his activities known to him instead of ranting on an anonymous forum making a fool out of yourself in the process? Then you could maybe provide some true quality entertainment for the locals was he knocks you flat on your back requesting you mind your own business.

Maybe you could join the TPV and arrest the villain? You seem that type...

[anon022]

how does one look English?? please tell do Aussies look Australian do Canadians look Canadian

pale skin that glows in the dark - always a giveaway

You could tell an Aussie from a mile.

[LivinginKata]

As this topic is just degenerating into a country bashing fest ...

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