Cafe Royal closed?

[francois]

At the same time, they don't seem to ever have a middle name, like we do in the West.

I don't have a middle name so am I Thai ?

[cdnmatt]

French people don't get a middle name? Well, learn something new every day.

[joe552]

I have 3 names - 2 given at baptism, the other at confirmation. Joseph Stephen Michael

[aussie_]

So is that M&M bar "his" bar then, i.e he's the owner, or maybe just perhaps manager - or just "working there" I wonder ??

Edit - I just read your other post elsewhere re a farang welcoming people on opening night so I guess that would imply "owner on paper" / manager perhaps.

It looked to me like there is a sponsor and it is often the case that a Thai partner holds the licence for the bar and deals with the the staff etc

[scottish-guy]

I have 3 names - 2 given at baptism, the other at confirmation. Joseph Stephen Michael

I'm not religious, but 3 Saints if I'm not mistaken.

Lucky for you your mother didn't throw Philomena into the mix!!

[joe552]

It was usual back then to only name children after saints. More variety in first names now. I was known as Philomena back in my stripper days.

[colmx]

It doesn't say "loe" or "Kim" or "Earn" or "nun" or "oat", or whatever on their birth certificate

I have noticed that gogo and coyote boys often also have a "stage name"
e.g. they are known as Ton in the bar to colleagues, mamasan and customers, but are known as Ice to close friends and family

[gumblebee]

No, it's true. They don't seem to have a legal middle name here, but they do all get a nickname upon birth.

It doesn't say "loe" or "Kim" or "Earn" or "nun" or "oat", or whatever on their birth certificate or driver's license, but that's how they're known by everyone. At the same time, they don't seem to ever have a middle name, like we do in the West.

From what I heard, the official first names and family names in Thailand are fairly unique, so there is no need for middle names. For older generations I have the impression that nicknames and first names are related or even the same. Sometimes when they arrive in a new social circle, friends will call them by a new nickname.

[Nirish guy]

Reminds me of the old joke about the Indian child who asked his father how he was named and the father replied "All indian children after named after the first thing the father sees as the baby is born my son, now, why is it you ask two dogs fucking?" :-)

[frequent]

From what I heard, the official first names and family names in Thailand are fairly unique

About 50% of the guys seem to end in "pong" but maybe that's a generational thing too - or possibly I select "pongs" in what I imagined was a completely random process of lining up a fuck