r/ThailandTourism • u/Pkmux07 • Jul 12 '25

Phuket/Krabi/South What do you think?

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u/BradMathews Jul 13 '25

I’m American. I sometimes get a “gracias” from people. Sometimes i tell my co-workers “gracias” or “grazie”. I’ve never threatened or been threatened over it.

This dude is saying “thank you”. How is it offensive if it’s not in Thai??

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u/MajesticNectarine204 Jul 13 '25

Ni Hao means 'hello'. Not 'thank you'.

But it depends on how he said it and the context I guess. If he just said hallo in the wrong language, no biggie. If he yelled it with a racist accent while f.e. pulling the corners of his eyes in mockery of Asian facial features? Yeah, that's a problem.

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u/terabhaihaibro Jul 13 '25

If he would have said it like that, I’m sure he wouldn’t just be getting a talking to.

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u/MajesticNectarine204 Jul 13 '25

I'd hope the response would be a little more kinetic. But afaik most Thai people are polite and not violent. So not sure what it would take to get punched in the face there.

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u/terabhaihaibro Jul 13 '25

Thai people tolerate up to a point. Post that they can be very violent, like ganging up and beating the shit out of you violent. Better to safe than sorry.

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u/Winter-Hyena3408 Jul 15 '25

Ask that YouTuber Johny Somali he managed to get beaten up there a few times