Does 'barang/farang' have a negative connotation? What would be equivalent terms in English?

pcn · Post by **pcn** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:33 am

My wife says there's no negative connotations. It means foreigner from a western country.
Cambodians need a word for this because they see a white person and don't know which country they're from...Europe, UK, Australia, America etc but they want to distinguish them from other foreigners eg Chinese etc.

Captain Bonez · Post by **Captain Bonez** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 12:20 pm

Username Taken wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:03 am My kids have fits of laughter when I tell them that Joy Kinnear is a real person's name.

Showing people who know nothing about the Khmer language this picture is always fun

"No way someone called their kid 'Touch Cunty'?"

ali baba · Post by **ali baba** » Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:47 am

The closest equivalent I could think of is referring to ''Africa'' instead of a specific country. In both cases you are lumping an entire continent together rather than distinguishing individual countries.

Cambodians refer to black foreigners as Afrique (pronounced a-freak) so I guess we follow one another's logic.

Pseudonomdeplume · Post by **Pseudonomdeplume** » Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:15 am

Captain Bonez wrote: ↑Sat Oct 15, 2022 12:20 pm
Username Taken wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:03 am My kids have fits of laughter when I tell them that Joy Kinnear is a real person's name.

Showing people who know nothing about the Khmer language this picture is always fun

"No way someone called their kid 'Touch Cunty'?"

Pseudonomdeplume · Post by **Pseudonomdeplume** » Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:16 am

Captain Bonez wrote: ↑Sat Oct 15, 2022 12:20 pm
Username Taken wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:03 am My kids have fits of laughter when I tell them that Joy Kinnear is a real person's name.

Showing people who know nothing about the Khmer language this picture is always fun

"No way someone called their kid 'Touch Cunty'?"

I could prove it, but you still wouldn't believe me.

Pseudonomdeplume · Post by **Pseudonomdeplume** » Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:50 am

JJJJS wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:32 pm
sigmoid wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:28 pm depends on the context
Could you elaborate on this please

"That barang have good heart", is patronising code; not a compliment.
Nor are "Fuck you barang" and "Fuck barangs." The best you could hope for here, is tourette's.
"All barangs are rich" is slanderous.
"Barang boom boom" is Australian stuttered dyslexia.
"It's okay to take from the barangs, they have plenty more," is cultural.
"Don't stare at the barang" would be hypocritical if it was ever said.
"Thanks for that and doing... and when you got to the bar, rang the bell," is about as close as you'll get to a compliment.

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Sun Oct 16, 2022 3:28 pm

Captain Bonez wrote: ↑Sat Oct 15, 2022 12:20 pm
"No way someone called their kid 'Touch Cunty'?"

Touch is a common name. I think Kunty is short for Kunthea, I have never come accross the name Kunty. Maybe something went wrong with the transcription from Khmer to Latin script?

Anyway, in a country where they call a beer 'Krud' everything is possible namewise I guess?

Post by **Clutch Cargo** » Sun Oct 16, 2022 3:56 pm

^^
If we're talking about transcription of names from Khmer to Latin script, the most unfortunate one I can recall is the poor student that got run down on her moto and killed by the rich kid in daddy's Range Rover. The victim's name was Dum Rida. RIP

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Chad Sexington · Post by **Chad Sexington** » Sun Oct 16, 2022 4:12 pm

A little off topic maybe, but where I was an apprentice, there was a guy by the name of Christopher Peacock, he was known by everyone as “Crispy Cock”.
Happy days.

Tommie · Post by **Tommie** » Sun Oct 16, 2022 4:18 pm

Also off topic; I just attended a seminar in Hell.

Hell is located 1 kilometer south of the airport.

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