Ray Newman wrote:
> I grew up in Java Village NY

So you are totally like Java Man? ;>

> Interesting is the word "farang", a word for foreigner in the Thai language.
> 
> I once overheard a guy on a flight to Thailand trying to impress a fellow passenger
> about his travels to Thailand.
> 
> He pronounced "farang" just as it is spelled in many travel books about Thailand.
> 
> However the word is pronounced more like Phil long.
> 
> So I knew he never set foot in Thailand before. I just smiled to myself.
> 
> Ray
> 
> 

Have you read "Bangkok 8" by John Burdett by any chance?  I've never 
been to Thailand myself so I wondered how that word was pronounced.  It 
occurs many times in the book.

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