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Referring to people from Thailand and the West

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Referring to people from Thailand and the West1

Thai people are affectionately and respectfully referred to as Kon Thai (Person Thai) throughout this course. Westerners / foreigners are referred to as farang (farang being the Thai word for Caucasian foreigners).

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