Colloquial Khmer

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Re: Colloquial Khmer

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Not a colloquialism but I always understood barang just to mean a (white?) foreigner. But it literally means French yeah?

I was going to get a tshirt with បារាំង on it, but I don't think I can now.
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Re: Colloquial Khmer

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timmydownawell wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 4:43 pm Not a colloquialism but I always understood barang just to mean a (white?) foreigner. But it literally means French yeah?

I was going to get a tshirt with បារាំង on it, but I don't think I can now.
yeah Barang just means French, but often gets used to describe any westerner
បរទេស - Borotes/Boroteh, means Foreigner
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