Thread: Is it really necessary to learn a host country's language?

Originally Posted by DrB0b

. I wonder if Thailand knows just how lucky it is to have you guys gracing its territory?

They basically don't give a shit. Usually laugh at my feeble attempts to articulate but that's OK - used to it. You can live in Thailand all your life and speak Thai like a native but you'll always be a Farang. Even the girls when they find out you do comprehend switch to some obscure Issan dialect or Cambodian or something...