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    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

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    did she fleece you too?

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnbkk View Post
    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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    ผู้เหยียดผิว

    this means racist.

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
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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....

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    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.

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Calling a Thai "lao" tends to do the trick.
    Sure does..

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    Quote 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?

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    why bother searching for some racist word, when all that is necessary to get a thai to kill you is to slightly scratch their fragile ego syndrome, easily done.

    better half has a habit of asking people who are being persistently stupid, "so when did you leave the jungle" not sure if that counts?
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    try naa hee

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kurgen View Post
    try naa hee
    ...or, the more fashionable Maa Naa Hee.


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    Quote 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

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    Stroll calls me a " Hoser ".

    Jesus,


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

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    Quote Originally Posted by hazz View Post
    Quote 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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dapper View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by hazz View Post
    Quote 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.

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    somchai chamong nok

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

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    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..

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    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.

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    Quote 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.

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    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!

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    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..

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