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French Muay Thai champion mocked online for Thai language tattoo with "glaring error"


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8 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Kwai is how I thought it was spelt

ฆวย is how it is spelt, and there are many different versions of romanisation (transliterations, transcriptions, pronunciation guides), khuay one of them.

 

In the novel "The Bridge over the River Kwai" and the film title "The Bridge on the River Kwai", Kwai is the book author's translitereation of แคว

 

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i saw an interview with an ex-soldier who got a chinese character tattoo with along with his mate that they thought said 'brother'. it was a while later that they found out the character meant 'fairy'. i guess it pays to understand the culture you're appropriating.

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On 6/8/2022 at 10:27 AM, BangkokReady said:

Or having it lasered off and redone?

Just make a new tattoo covering the mistake, or if possible fix it.

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