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**Fertionbratte** · 09-21-2012, 11:35 AM

Quote[/b] (stayingalive @ Mar. 23 2005,10:34)] Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] (visionchaser45 @ Mar. 09 2005,18:11)]DONT
Forget that you are farang and will never be accepted as Thai, no matter how much you try to identify with the locals.

i dont agree, I've lived all my life in thailand, speak read write fluent thai, all my friends are thai, i chill out with all my thai friends, even though both my parents are dutch, and im as white as they come, they dont see me as any different to them.. Without presuming to speak for visionchaser, I can see his point here. You may fit in with your friends, but if you went to live in a different part of Thailand you (or any of us) would just be 'that farang' again. Put it this way - would you regard Andrew Biggs or Jonas Andersson to be as 'Thai' as natural born Thai citizens ? I don't think most people would.

But compare that to a Thai living all their life in USA/UK and speaking fluent English, and they'd be accepted as being just as American or English as anyone else.

09-21-2012, 11:35 AM	#18
Fertionbratte Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 368 Senior Member	Quote[/b] (stayingalive @ Mar. 23 2005,10:34)] Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] (visionchaser45 @ Mar. 09 2005,18:11)]DONT Forget that you are farang and will never be accepted as Thai, no matter how much you try to identify with the locals. i dont agree, I've lived all my life in thailand, speak read write fluent thai, all my friends are thai, i chill out with all my thai friends, even though both my parents are dutch, and im as white as they come, they dont see me as any different to them.. Without presuming to speak for visionchaser, I can see his point here. You may fit in with your friends, but if you went to live in a different part of Thailand you (or any of us) would just be 'that farang' again. Put it this way - would you regard Andrew Biggs or Jonas Andersson to be as 'Thai' as natural born Thai citizens ? I don't think most people would. But compare that to a Thai living all their life in USA/UK and speaking fluent English, and they'd be accepted as being just as American or English as anyone else.
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