Thread: Where's the farang??

thank you Memock.
A moments pleasure.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

I'm Welsh and my name is Carl.

I would believe you if you'd said your name is Crl.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

it is a term that stinks to me of derision

That's where the problem lies.
Farang is not a bad word.
You were probably never insulted but you are expecting your wife to have words with a policeman.
Surely you can see that is not fair.

Party on

Originally Posted by Thetyim

You were probably never insulted but you are expecting your wife to have words with a policeman.
Surely you can see that is not fair.

no Thetyim.
I think I'm bored with it.
I've lived here that long that i don't feel comfortable with it.
i will never ever refer to myself as a farang and neither will i label any other white people as one.
it's rude.
i put my wife in an awkward position granted.
I made a mistake.
But I will tell every person that refers to me as the farang not to do so in future and it would help our cause not to accept it blithely.
I'm fed up with it.

Would you really accept someone in England calling your wife.."the Thai?"
why should it be any different here.

are our expectations that low?

I have no problem with the word.
I accept that the speaker probably means no disrespect.
I use the word all the time.

Why get yourself wound up when no-one means you any ill will ?
You have to chill out and accept it.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

You have to chill out and accept it.

I doubt it.

^ So you are going to be unhappy living here because you object to one word in their vocabulary.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

Would you really accept someone in England calling your wife.."the Thai?"
why should it be any different here.

are our expectations that low?

You choose to live in Thailand not England.

You cannot compare the two equally.

Why waste energy over such a trivial matter?

Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr

I'd duck down the local karoake joint and place a 10,000 baht bet with the copper bloke that "farang" will score the first goal in the footy tonight.

He would've lost. A chocolate chappy scored the first and only goal.

I just assume that 'Farang' means 'superior being'. Works for me.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

He would've lost. A chocolate chappy scored the first and only goal.

Indeed ... always wondered if the locals have an equivalent of "farang" for such chaps.

Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr

Indeed ... always wondered if the locals have an equivalent of "farang" for such chaps.

Errr, yes. Chocolate man.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Yes indeed, remember you're a non-jewish white man (unless you're a jew) and automatically superior to everybody else in the world while at the same time being despised by all your inferiors, foreigners hating you is a sign of your superiority. If, being a superior non-jewish white-man you don't have a girlfriend or, indeed, friends, remember that that's a sign of your superiority. Rejoice! Aryan Jesus loves you.

Can I not be a Jewish farang? It's all very confusing.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Yes indeed, remember you're a non-jewish white man (unless you're a jew or black) and automatically superior to everybody else in the world while at the same time being despised by all your inferiors. Foreigners hating you is a sign of your superiority. If, being a superior non-jewish white-man you don't have a girlfriend or, indeed, friends, remember that that's a sign of your superiority. Rejoice! Aryan Jesus loves you.

How would Samy Davis Jr be classified?Apart from the fact he is dead...

A non non jewish non white man.

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

How would Samy Davis Jr be classified?

probably Very Handsum man, cus he had a few quid

In all honesty, while i don't think that the word farang is a disrespectful term on it's own, i think it can be used in a disrespectful manner, and that depends on the context. FriscoFrankies example is a good one where the context tells you that it is not being used in an inappropriate way. In CMN's situation, i would personally consider that the policeman was being rude.

He's talking to CMN's wife FFS, what's wrong with asking 'where's your husband?', if he really wants to know where CMN is. Surely that would differentiate far better between CMN and any other farangs roaming around that area of Chang Mai? Just because he's Thai, it doesn't mean that he doesn't realise that that is not the polite way to ask his question.

If anything, it sounds like his comment was probably more designed to be a small dig at CMN's wife by not acknowledging her husband in an appropriate manner, as he didn't know that CMN could hear.

People saying 'you shouldn't be pissed off because farang is not an offensive word', are missing the point somewhat, in my opinion. It sounds like there is a chance that the guy was being intentionally rude in his manner of speak.

If i had been CMN overhearing that exchange, i would have been straight across the road asking him what he wanted. In a reasonably polite (but not too much so) way, of course. Finding out whether he did have a reason for his enquiry or not would probably have established the motivation behind his comment.

I think that it's not worth CMN getting too worked up about this, it is only a minor sleight and a minor issue. I also think that he shouldn't be pissed off with his wife either, because chances are that this is one of the few occasions when he has happened to catch this sort of exchange happening. She might have to put up with disrespectful behavior on a more frequent basis than he realises because of her choice of partner, when he is not around to overhear it.

Thank you for that post Fast Eddie.
It's what I have been trying to get at.

Hey, Nooners stop being so sensitive or you are going to be unhappy everyday.
I have done this to try and cheer you up.
Now go and tell your wife you love her. Go on. Off you go.


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CMN,

You are going to shorten your life if you worry about shit like this. Simple as that. We will never be accepted other than as a farang. Even celbrities like Andrew Biggs are only tolerated cause he looks like a wingnut.

Maybe it's time for a break from Thailand. Does wonders for the place to get away for a bit.

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Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

Maybe it's time for a break from Thailand. Does wonders for the place to get away for a bit.

it does, doesn't it ? how is Korea ?