Farangwithaplan Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 45 minutes ago, BritManToo said: Does it matter, do you think it's normal to slip one foreign word in your sentences? English language is smattered with foreign words that are used in day to day language. But more specifically when you are talking to other English speaking natives about foods from Thailand or other countries, do you use the local name for the dish or do you break it down into english ingredients? IE: Yesterday I ordered "khao mun gai" and it was delicious. or Yesterday I ordered "oily rice with chicken" and it was delicious. If you do use the local dialect to name foods, then to use the local dialect to explain a person's race is not that different. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jun2x Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Are non-Thais but similar looking to Thais considered "farang"? ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkof Island Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 41 minutes ago, Curt1591 said: Don't bump into many non-Thais at all. But, because of past encounters, when I do, I hide or avoid eye contact. Agree. I tend to run in the other direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NoshowJones Posted February 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, karibu said: What is a normal farang ?? Anyone have a dedcription?? Fat belly, facial hair, tattoos, can of beer in his hand, wearing wife beater, shorts, nothing wrong though with wearing a wife beater and shorts, in the right places of course, and no, I am not normal. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted February 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2020 A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 55 minutes ago, ChipButty said: Wouldn't have come to Thailand if I was normal True, that's why I'm here.???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Op, widen your circle, get out more and maybe you will meet people you get on with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 52 minutes ago, faraday said: Still debating whether the word 'farang' is derogatory. Is that normal? Just what is derogatory? There are just so many interpretations of the word. Apologies if I'm a little off topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 49 minutes ago, Rookiescot said: I have no wish to be normal. Nor me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkof Island Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 14 minutes ago, possum1931 said: Fat belly, facial hair, tattoos, can of beer in his hand, wearing wife beater, shorts, nothing wrong though with wearing a wife beater and shorts, in the right places of course, and no, I am not normal. The right place is staying in doors so the Thais don,t have to look at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 37 minutes ago, JWRC said: Normal means, ordinary, usual, typical. If you cannot decide think about the opposite of normal, abnormal, are you abnormal? and if so why do you think you are abnormal?. Compared to other farangs here in Thailand, I suppose I am referring mainly to retirees, I am certainly not normal, another reason is I am a life long non drinker, surely that is abnormal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt1591 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 32 minutes ago, pookondee said: You are supposed to walk around with your nose up your own สรse, avoiding any contact (especially eye contact) with other whiteys who will threaten your farang "specialness" No; my aversion is based on past experience. Yes; call me special. The last "normal whitey" that I marginally befriended posted photos of my wife on his facebook page! Others wanted to know if my wife could set them up, after only a brief introduction. Now I avoid them altogether. If that makes me seem special ... so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 If one wear an outfit similar to the most customers at New Plaza off Soi Bukhaow/Pattaya, one would be considered as "Normal'' by them. I one wear the same at the Radisson Blue Plaza Bangkok, not that sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikmar Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 "normal" as oppose to "bird - sh*t"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeMc Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 4 issues.. 1. Drinking ..if you are not a big drinker that excludes 60..70% 2. Attitude ..most farangs 60+ have to much 'I'm right' attitude 3. One-up man ship.. this feeling of superiority 4. Nationality ... some more desirable than others. Recently at a 90 year old's party ..9 nationalities were there ..certain nationalities were NOT there ..excellent party !! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigInBangkok Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 I'm a pothead who hasn't smoked pot for years and I like 3d graphics. So unless you want to talk to me about those subjects I don't have a lot to say to you. I have no interest in talking to drunks who repeat the same sentence 100 times... yeah mate I heard you the first time. I don't trust people that strike up conversations and after 5 minutes, talk to you like they are your best friend. I am not up my own @rse, but I really have no interest in making awkward small talk, so lets not bother. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkk6060 Posted February 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2020 Most Falang I meet are not normal. That is why they come here. To live an abnormal life different from the purgatory normalities of where they came from. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomer6969 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said: I am normal I think. My wife disagrees. ????❤???????? I thought I was a bit small, but my wife says I am just, a delightful bit, above the Thai size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Olmate Posted February 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, CraigInBangkok said: I'm a pothead who hasn't smoked pot for years and I like 3d graphics. So unless you want to talk to me about those subjects I don't have a lot to say to you. I have no interest in talking to drunks who repeat the same sentence 100 times... yeah mate I heard you the first time. I don't trust people that strike up conversations and after 5 minutes, talk to you like they are your best friend. I am not up my own @rse, but I really have no interest in making awkward small talk, so lets not bother. Hey mate, you seem like a pothead, what are 3rd graphics? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Old Croc Posted February 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2020 " Normal" farangs are thin on the ground in Thailand. The very reason many of us are here, is because we have varying degrees of abnormality when compared to the conventional. In 10 years in Thailand I've come across more drunks, addicts, fools, outright nut cases, narcissists, thieves and dickheads than a lifetime in home country. Couldn't go back to the conventional now. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 4 hours ago, colinneil said: Normal, normal.... Gawd i tried that once, gave up after 30 minutes, as it was boring. Yeh but, I told you I wasn't normal to start wiv......... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Perhaps the OP has been here tooooo long and is now a local down to earth type...Bet he can do the that weeee elastic band on a weeee plastic bag in a flash eh....???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farangwithaplan Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Just now, transam said: Bet he can do the that weeee elastic band on a weeee plastic bag in a flash eh....???? That is easy. Have you not been shown the trick to it? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkof Island Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, Olmate said: Hey mate, you seem like a pothead, what are 3rd graphics? Oddly this Pothead has an attitude. Maybe he needs to go back to smoking. Load that bong ans SMILE ! There are far to many foreigners with scowls here already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Farangwithaplan said: That is easy. Have you not been shown the trick to it? No, we don't sell anifink....And it takes me half hour to get one of the bloody fings off....???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigInBangkok Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Mitkof Island said: Oddly this Pothead has an attitude. Maybe he needs to go back to smoking. Load that bong ans SMILE ! There are far to many foreigners with scowls here already. I can't wait to go back smoking but I will want to talk to you even less then! 20 minutes ago, Olmate said: Hey mate, you seem like a pothead, what are 3rd graphics? I see what you did there and you made a rookie mistake...far too friendly! should of started with "hey C*nt" and maybe we could of built a lasting friendship Edited February 27, 2020 by CraigInBangkok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkof Island Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 14 minutes ago, Old Croc said: " Normal" farangs are thin on the ground in Thailand. The very reason many of us are here, is because we have varying degrees of abnormality when compared to the conventional. In 10 years in Thailand I've come across more drunks, addicts, fools, outright nut cases, narcissists, thieves and dickheads than a lifetime in home country. Couldn't go back to the conventional now. Narcissists ? Oh you mean that American nutcase on YouTube in Rayong?. The guy that just spent an hour insulting the Thai Prime Minister. Last month he gave Thai immigration the finger. And he calls himself a genius . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 19 minutes ago, Old Croc said: " Normal" farangs are thin on the ground in Thailand. The very reason many of us are here, is because we have varying degrees of abnormality when compared to the conventional. In 10 years in Thailand I've come across more drunks, addicts, fools, outright nut cases, narcissists, thieves and dickheads than a lifetime in home country. Couldn't go back to the conventional now. Me too.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) If really seeking normal, try hanging out with the Mormon missionaries. Aside from the religion stuff, these guys are so boringly normal you just might die of boredom within 20 minutes. I don't know if Thailand has chapters of associations like the Elks, Rotary, or Shriners. Doesn't get any more normal than that! Edited February 27, 2020 by bendejo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmate Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, CraigInBangkok said: I can't wait to go back smoking but I will want to talk to you even less then! I see what you did there and you made a rookie mistake...far too friendly! should of started with "hey C*nt" and maybe we could of built a lasting friendship Well at least I now know your an Ozzie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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