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**euylvaygdq** · 09-21-2012, 03:42 PM

Quote[/b] ]If you are fluent in Thai, your habits are almost Thai etc.. you will be seen nearer the halfway mark ie not a Tai but still not so Farang.

When I stay in Thailand, albeit not permanently yet, I wear paasarong and paakamaa, I stay at the family home, sit on the floor on a bamboo mat, and I am learning to speak Lao. Everyone jokingly refers to me as "Farang Lao." My point is, no matter how native you go the farang part will always be there. When people describe you, they will almost always do so by using the word farang. You could live in the kingdom for 50 years and this would still be the case. IMHO But, of course, since I don't currently live in the kingdom, I have no concept of reality

09-21-2012, 03:42 PM	#21
euylvaygdq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 624 Senior Member	Quote[/b] ]If you are fluent in Thai, your habits are almost Thai etc.. you will be seen nearer the halfway mark ie not a Tai but still not so Farang. When I stay in Thailand, albeit not permanently yet, I wear paasarong and paakamaa, I stay at the family home, sit on the floor on a bamboo mat, and I am learning to speak Lao. Everyone jokingly refers to me as "Farang Lao." My point is, no matter how native you go the farang part will always be there. When people describe you, they will almost always do so by using the word farang. You could live in the kingdom for 50 years and this would still be the case. IMHO But, of course, since I don't currently live in the kingdom, I have no concept of reality
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