Thread: Is there a racist word for 'thai' that thais understand?

just curious. i don't think 'gook' 'chink' 'slope' et al registers with them.

familiar with 'jek', but interested in something that applies to all thais.

though if you know words for various subgroups, feel free to share

did she fleece you too?

Originally Posted by johnbkk

just curious. i don't think 'gook' 'chink' 'slope' et al registers with them.

familiar with 'jek', but interested in something that applies to all thais.

though if you know words for various subgroups, feel free to share

Not getting your arse kicked enough is it?

Just settle for the occasional "ah hia". Job done.

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this means racist.

oh, i didnt realise you were looking for a derogatory word for a thai.

Originally Posted by taxexile

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this means racist.

oh, i didnt realise you were looking for a derogatory word for a thai.

I believe the OP is scanning for derogatory racial slangish terms that might be used towards Thais in a manner that is usually befitting the foreigner....

well i'm afraid i cant help him there, but why would a foreigner want to use a thai word when i've been told there are many such words in english, german, french, spanish, chinese, etc.

to racially abuse a thai in their own language, should such a word exist, would surely be courting a violent and possible fatal response.

Calling a Thai "lao" tends to do the trick.

Originally Posted by Norton

Calling a Thai "lao" tends to do the trick.

Sure does..

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Just settle for the occasional "ah hia". Job done.

Didn't somebody get beaten up by a monk on a train a while back for saying something that sounded similar?

try naa hee

Originally Posted by Kurgen

try naa hee

...or, the more fashionable Maa Naa Hee.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Just settle for the occasional "ah hia". Job done.

isn't that calling some one a monitor lizard. I can see how that could piss someone off... particularly if it were a commentary on their morality

Stroll calls me a " Hoser ".

Jesus,


I'd think that was a racist comment if i did not like it so much.

Originally Posted by hazz

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Just settle for the occasional "ah hia". Job done.

isn't that calling some one a monitor lizard.

If they call monitor lizards cunts round your neck of the woods then yes.

fair enough.

I had baby monitor lizard living in my garage until the cats made it their play thing. seemed to have the grace of a skinhead more than a vagina.

Originally Posted by Dapper

Originally Posted by hazz

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Just settle for the occasional "ah hia". Job done.

isn't that calling some one a monitor lizard.

If they call monitor lizards cunts round your neck of the woods then yes.

That would be "tua hia".

is there a racist word for 'thai' that thais understand?

"Lao" or "K'men" should get the desired response.

somchai chamong nok

If it's in response to being called a farang, asking who the monkey is normally shuts them up....

Ahh, another 6 foot tall bullet proof foreigner who most likely can't speak "2-word-tourist-thai" or even "horse-peak-thai" yet who wants to racially denigrate the indigenous inhabitants of the glorious "Land 'O Thais"..

Dude, here's some friendly advice; IF you don't possess enough skill in the thai language to dig yourself out of a hole you dug on your own by lipping off to the wrong thai, I'd give a pass on learning to curse in thai for the time being..

You might curse at a thai who's vexed you, and indeed you may even land a punch or three on him too when he comes after you, BUT what you ain't gonna do is beat down the entire pack 'o thais which will descend on you after that.

Just sayin'... So take it for what it's worth..

However, in an effort to be a kinder gentler Tod Daniels and to actually contribute to this mindless thread rather than just bloviate;

You wanna rile up a thai, it sure ain't by calling 'em Laotian or Cambodian. For some reason Thais HATE as in totally detest Karen Hill Tribe people. In thai that's กะเหรี่ยง pronounced as gà rìang.. That one sure gets their fur up! Good luck..

Actually, the whole thread is a bit weird. Does any one (race, people, nationality) have a derogatory word for themselves in their own language?

Trying to think of an example, and can't come up with one. The whole thing about racial slurs is that they are established by one group, in their own language to slag off another group.

Why would thais have a word in Thai that served to be derogatory towards themselves?

weird.

Originally Posted by toddaniels

You wanna rile up a thai, it sure ain't by calling 'em Laotian or Cambodian

Really. Well I'll be damned. Todd, come on up to Isaan and call one of the locals a lao. Will make a great pic thread.

Norton; I'll give that a pass and we'll just agree to disagree..

Conversely, you wanna rile up a Laotian you tell them the Isaan-ites in thailand speak the Lao language.. That gets their dander up in a hurry!

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Actually, the whole thread is a bit weird. Does any one (race, people, nationality) have a derogatory word for themselves in their own language?

Trying to think of an example, and can't come up with one. The whole thing about racial slurs is that they are established by one group, in their own language to slag off another group.

Why would thais have a word in Thai that served to be derogatory towards themselves?

weird.

This particular OP's inquiry wouldn't really be weird for TD, instead predictable.
One of the numerous multinic socks that has accumulated a dozen usernames and trolls appropriately for the occasion.

Guessing that johnbkk is one that we know all too well from past or present regulars.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Does any one (race, people, nationality) have a derogatory word for themselves in their own language?

What about when blacks call each other nigger? Aren't they dissin' themselves? Just wondering is all..