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

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

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Captain Bonez wrote:
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.
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Showing people who know nothing about the Khmer language this picture is always fun

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"No way someone called their kid 'Touch Cunty'?"
Why not?

Touch = pronounced ‘Tude’ = short or small
Cunty = Kunthea = pronounced ‘Gun Tia’ = flower

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

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Why not? Because the English transliteration is obscene? Just a guess.
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