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Originally Posted by TanMan
A smile is the default gesture in all of Asia (except maybe North Korea). Not an expert, but my take on this is that the Thai smile has many facets but is not necessarily genuine. In fact, it can be somewhat pretentious at times. But again, it is certainly special to the rest of Asia.
I read somewhere that the "Thai smile" may have helped them from being colonized in the 19th century by the Brits/French. It certainly can be used to diffuse a situation.
I thought this doc was only being shown in Canada/UK. What station in the US is showing? Would like to take a look if it is replayed again.
The TanMan
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again, like i said, i know that the smile is not genuine all the time
but i am more talking about the joking and personalities. i would liek to think i have spent a considerable amount of time with thai's and have seen the quick way they go into a joke or just get a general kick out of the smallest faux pas or joke