Thread: The Name thing again...what do people call you?

There are a large numbers of pubs and restaurants around where I live, and last night I got to thinking. At the restaurants that employ Thai staff, I am always called 'farang'. At the restaurants that employ Vietnamese staff, I am always called by my given name.

Why is that do you think? I've come to the conclusion that the Thai staff are just too lazy to bother asking what my name is and then using it. Whereas, the Vietnamese staff seem to go out of their way to find out what my name is, and make a point of remembering it.

Now I'm wondering if this true in Vietnam? Anybody?

Oh, as an aside. In my street everybody calls me by my name. Kids, parents, grandparents. All except one lovely little boy who is about three - he always calls me 'daddy'...which is a bit disconcerting given that his mother has not finished school yet!

'Sir' in the higher class establishments. Possibly 'you' or 'mister' in the coffee shops.

No-one knows my name in my neighbourhood and I don't know anyone elses. And that's the way I like it.

We have about 10 regular Thai establishments since moving here 2 years ago. Bars/lounges, restaurants, shops, market stalls. We are friends with the staff in virtually all of them. All have called me by my first name since day one (having asked me or my GF what my name is).

Originally Posted by klongmaster

what do people call you?

Somebody call me 'kunt' last week. I overtook him on the inside and he got very irate and opened the window of his red Mini Cooper S and called me the c word. I didn't have the heart to point out that he was driving a gay car. Obviously repressed sexual urgings manifesting themselves inappropriately.



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My name is You.

Yes i got alot of that, and in laos also. in laos goin up through the stics from paks-am ,,in small villages 20 kids shouting ooooohhhhh farang, farang. Apparently it means frenchman but not sure about this. The kids were cute and innocent with great smiles. In thailand it gets to be too much at times. It almost sounds racist . Sometimes with the older ones i would retaliate by saying ""No, no fuking farang ,,, i do have a name" Inclined to think it's pure ignorance in thailand when even a so called educated person uses the same term. Fuk em.

In bars etc where they know me - it always is my name

Otherwise it is always 'Papa'

Chitown for those that know me. Bancha by some others. Dtua Yai jung loy by some that don't.

Nic-name.............In the bars mostly Loy Toy by the Thais, Hairdo by the farang and in the suburbs You.......You.

I get called hansum man wherever I go

On the rare occasion I leave this chair, I get called Jase as I only go to Nobi's or the 'Clock and they're run by civilised people.

I've never known anywhere slightly civilised and localised by myself in Thailand where I haven't been addressed by my first name

been tagged...DUK LING... i can live with it

Some one call me a 'Troll' ^^

lor mak - I have learned to live with it

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

No-one knows my name in my neighbourhood and I don't know anyone elses. And that's the way I like it.

Another good reason to live in Singapore. May not know your name but you can be sure you're the subject of a good bit of neighborhood gossip.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

mrsKW calls me bunny

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Originally Posted by kingwilly

mrsKW calls me bunny

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seems silly but after so many years in the gig many call me ajarn. Kind of gotten used to it. If they dont use that they use ao.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

I think I might regret mentioning that...

just in case some were unsure what exactly you were referring to...

Originally Posted by kingwilly

mrsKW calls me bunny

Originally Posted by kingwilly

mrsKW calls me bunny

Is that because you gave her a 14 carrot ring?

I never said that, reds on the way to all slanderous misquoters!