[doctorzlo]

Paul_au I think most of it was in hopes of finding an argument with you. LOL Just kidding, thank you for the compliment. I only hope nobody is considering my posts spam. I do try and put thought into them.

Someday I hope to have the number of posts that you have, all with the same amount of thought put into the writings. Regardless thank you.

Rcalaimo, I agree to a large extent. But some words due to the way they are used come shipped with a negative context automatically. For example, have you locally ever heard the terms hapa, howlie or h'aole'? In any part of the world other than Hawaii they will mean nothing. But for someone from Hawaii to be Japan and hear a Hawaiian person call them this they would be very offended by it. Because it has it's own baggage associated with the term.

I notice you say you enjoy he comment when in Thailand. So I assume you have a similar feeling on the Thai person using it as they often do elsewhere. Have you heard it used in a negative way?