Why not khun or pee to a farang

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Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by harmonyudon » March 9, 2012, 7:14 pm

@Frankie,

My point was/is, in the context of DrJames post, that in such countries its not usual to adress
Mr. or Dr. followed by a last name. I feel in TH its the same.


Ofcourse they can express their family names, most famous example perhaps: 'Osama bin Laden'.
If you dont know what his name means,look it up.
I used to work in a place with several muslims as co-workers. Three out of five were
called Mohammed. So we started calling them by nicknames, by their family name or as Mo
number 1 or Mo number 2
I stay now somewhere in Udon where I meet daily several John's. I just say John and I
think you would do the same.



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Re: Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by Neeranam » December 21, 2021, 1:12 pm

I often get called pee, loong, khun.
I've been at the hospital all day and every time I'm called they call me mister, despite having a Thai I'd card! Kinda racist.

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Re: Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by DuiDui49 » December 21, 2021, 2:03 pm

Well folks,as my Avatar says..DuiDui or only Dui..and i'm very proud to have been given a Thai nickname,.and i got it in Kho Lanta 20 years ago.

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Re: Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by stereolab » December 21, 2021, 3:16 pm

The girl who blows up my tyres, called me Paw yesterday.

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Re: Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » December 21, 2021, 10:21 pm

'pee' ??? Try พี่ (phi). I get Uncle (ลุง) more than anything else.
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Re: Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by Earnest » December 23, 2021, 1:30 am

Yes, everyone calls you Uncle, as far back as I can remember anyway.
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Re: Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by deankham » December 23, 2021, 2:43 am

They normally call me Lorr. Never understood what it meant? 🤷

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Re: Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by bluejets » December 23, 2021, 4:50 am

So where does Lum .... come in?

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Re: Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » December 23, 2021, 4:54 am

deankham wrote:
December 23, 2021, 2:43 am
They normally call me Lorr. Never understood what it meant? 🤷

หล่อ = handsome
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Re: Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » December 23, 2021, 4:56 am

Earnest wrote:
December 23, 2021, 1:30 am
Yes, everyone calls you Uncle, as far back as I can remember anyway.
This is true and in multiple languages. It started when I crossed the 60 years old line.
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Re: Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by jackspratt » December 23, 2021, 8:45 am

Laan Yaa Mo wrote:
December 23, 2021, 4:56 am
Earnest wrote:
December 23, 2021, 1:30 am
Yes, everyone calls you Uncle, as far back as I can remember anyway.
This is true and in multiple languages. It started when I crossed the 60 years old line.
I think I may have something to do with that: :D

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Re: Why not khun or pee to a farang

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » December 23, 2021, 9:28 am

jackspratt wrote:
December 23, 2021, 8:45 am
Laan Yaa Mo wrote:
December 23, 2021, 4:56 am
Earnest wrote:
December 23, 2021, 1:30 am
Yes, everyone calls you Uncle, as far back as I can remember anyway.
This is true and in multiple languages. It started when I crossed the 60 years old line.
I think I may have something to do with that: :D

viewtopic.php?p=244569#p244569
Why yes indeed, you probably did start the trend. The Mighty Chang and UdornLA certainly had nothing to do with it.
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