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Old 27-08-2008, 08:12 PM   #61 (permalink)
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i don't speak Thai but i heard from a Thai-French friend that the word farang comes from "FRANCAIS" which means French (for a person) in french (the language).
Thai people couldn't pronounce it correctly: so they actually said "FARANG SAY".
And it is how the word farang was used to designate a white person.
Yes this is the true reason, when they pronounce it in Thai, it's exactly the same sound as you would in French

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I guess India and the ME must've got the same word from the Thais then
Gee, you clueless ignorant chav, the French traveled all over, you think they only stopped in SE Asia ? the word could come from the same instance of events, and you wouldn't know it anyway
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Old 27-08-2008, 08:14 PM   #62 (permalink)
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and the Fruit Guava was named after the French since they are the ones who brought them here,
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Old 27-08-2008, 08:20 PM   #63 (permalink)
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Gee, you clueless ignorant chav, the French traveled all over, you think they only stopped in SE Asia ?
Agree with the first few words but the Dutch and Portuguese arrived in Thailand long before the French. Not likely they would have called Europeans after the French. Think it was the Portuguese who first introduced chilies to Thailand from the Americas. Little did they know the entire population would become addicted.
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Old 27-08-2008, 08:27 PM   #64 (permalink)
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and the Fruit Guava was named after the French since they are the ones who brought them here,
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Thanks Smeg for your mind.

Thank you so much Butterfly for your clearly information, i'm appreciate in this reply ... Take care.

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Old 27-08-2008, 08:42 PM   #65 (permalink)
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OK. Here's one that's very confusing for most foreigners living in Isaan.

Most of the locals say they speak Lao language. Some say they speak Isaan Thai language. To me they are the same. Why do the people of Isaan use different terms when they refer to their language?
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Old 27-08-2008, 08:45 PM   #66 (permalink)
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isn't Issaan, an old Laos province ?
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Old 27-08-2008, 09:49 PM   #67 (permalink)
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.. that were introduced to the Portuguese by the Spanish who brought them back from Mexico. Or, since Cristoforo Colombo was in fact an Italian funded by the Spanish, maybe the Italians should take the credit. My guess is CC was in fact a Chinaman who arrived in Mexico centuries before boats were invented.
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Old 27-08-2008, 09:59 PM   #68 (permalink)
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isn't Issaan, an old Laos province ?
Yes it was. The question for the teacher was why do people in Isaan call the same language by different names. Some say it's Lao and some Isaan Thai.
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Old 27-08-2008, 10:00 PM   #69 (permalink)
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Sorry, a non language question:

Ae, something that puzzles me is the amount of paet on many a Thai dish. I like spicy food more than most farang but I also like to taste one or two of the other flavours on a dish as well. The spice seems to dominate everything in sight. Do you know of Thais who ask for paet nit nit or no paet at all? I don't know if you're married with children, but if you are, were you there the first time your wife put a spoonful of chili whatever in your child's mouth? Did he/she make a funny face?
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Old 27-08-2008, 10:02 PM   #70 (permalink)
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and the Fruit Guava was named after the French since they are the ones who brought them here,
What about "French letters"? How's that work then?
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Do you know of Thais who ask for paet nit nit or no paet at all?
Yes, my wife. 50- 50 Laos/Thai. Really doesn't like paet but insists on eating it on a daily basis and then complains about for an hour or 2 afterwards.
It's as though it were some kind of ritual. Nearly 3 years and she still hasn't explained why.
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Dear Norton,

Maybe people in Isaan notice that there are some different in the language they use from the original one, it's true that they got an influence from Lao but they still not 100% language user, another word in Lao that they don't understand and the Lao alphabet reading and writing that they cannot reach too.
...then, How can they call the quit different language by the same name... (0_0)?

However, I still worship my teacher's word that "language is arbitrary".

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Youv'e all got it wrong. It's Falang not Farang

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Yes, my wife. 50- 50 Laos/Thai. Really doesn't like paet but insists on eating it on a daily basis and then complains about for an hour or 2 afterwards. It's as though it were some kind of ritual. Nearly 3 years and she still hasn't explained why.
Mines exactly the same. eats somtam then complains about how spicy it is and how she has to go to the toilet a lot stomach no good then goes out the next day and does it again
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The writing is: ฝรั่ง - so if properly speaking, the R is to be pronounced!!
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I have one.

As Thai language is quite childlike in nature, do Thais see English language as being all serious and grown up?

jolly good question Smeg

however, it does seem to be based on a misunderstanding of the structure of Thai language, if that is what you are referring to as "childlike"
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Thanks Smeg for your mind.
I think Ae is very polite
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Yes indeed he is.
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What is "felching" in Thai?
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If Thais can say diesel (with a final "l" sound) why do they put a final consonant "n" on the name Michael?
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