Comments on: Some Amusing Reading – “A Description of Siam in 1829” https://www.gregtodiffer.com/some-amusing-reading-a-description-of-siam-in-1829/ Stories, rants & observations about expat life in Asia's craziest city Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Greg https://www.gregtodiffer.com/some-amusing-reading-a-description-of-siam-in-1829/#comment-164 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:06:10 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=93#comment-164 Ahh, biggest dude, never a boring post. True, much has remained the same, but I do think the relative quaintness is part of why we love Thailand. And true… that girl’s parent’s could probably have come up with more convincing argument to stay away from farang. It’s like telling your kid that “Crack is bad, but it feels so damn good! Don’t do it!”

]]> By: Biggest Dude https://www.gregtodiffer.com/some-amusing-reading-a-description-of-siam-in-1829/#comment-165 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:40:43 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=93#comment-165 “Full of prejudices and cultural misunderstandings”? – to me sounds like many things have not changed, except that the long nosed smelly ones now are too Politically Correct to say what they really think.

As to the Thai ideals of Farangs changing:

I was talking with a girl who was working in a hotel, just moved to Bangkok recently. She told me that in her family had warned her that Farangs have big dicks and like sex too much – way to go, I am sure that will keep your 20 year old daughter away from the foreigners, better I think to stick with the hairy and smelly rumours, they’d work better.

]]> By: Western Observer https://www.gregtodiffer.com/some-amusing-reading-a-description-of-siam-in-1829/#comment-166 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:41:45 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=93#comment-166 Anna Leonowens made some similar observations about the Thai character. I wish I could find them again.

]]> By: Jay https://www.gregtodiffer.com/some-amusing-reading-a-description-of-siam-in-1829/#comment-168 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:32:27 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=93#comment-168 How some things never change – great post GJ!

]]> By: Andy https://www.gregtodiffer.com/some-amusing-reading-a-description-of-siam-in-1829/#comment-167 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:37:44 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=93#comment-167 I love to read such old texts, usually full of prejudices and cultural misunderstandings, and also the writing style has changed a lot in the meantime.

By the way, http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbrugui.html“ rel=”nofollow”>Barthélemy Bruguière was Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic (i.e. assistant bishops) of Siam 1828-1931, when he was promoted to become first bishop of Corea.

I was thinking to join the Siam Society for some time already, but as being in Thailand only few weeks a year most of their offers are not accessible to me, just the journal I could use here as well.

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