Viral Tattoo: Foreigner causes internet stir after weird request

[webfact]

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai netizens were commenting in droves after a foreigner had an unusual request for a tattoo.

 

The "Venezuelan" - according to a post that went viral on Titinan Jantankpol who runs the Door Dang shop - apparently wanted the message as a keepsake to remember Thailand. 

 

It read: Pokati Phu Tai Pen Khon Chorp Hee

 

The last word is a vulgar word omitted from the Sanook report - and many others - that means a woman's sexual organ.

 

 

The whole sentence might mean: Usually the dead person likes.....

 

Netizens were having a field day wondering if the recipient knew the meaning. 

 

While many didn't really have a clue if there was a deeper meaning. 

 

Google translate - notoriously inaccurate - translates it as "Normally the deceased is a sucker".

 

Sanook chose to focus on the comments of people; many were women who wanted the camera to pan right to get a better view of the recipient's "package". 

 

The images were shared 1,800 times in 24 hours according to an online post. 

 

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[ikke1959]

The netizens who are so innocent are always upset..... especialy if foreigners do something... 

Edited November 8, 2022 by ikke1959

[BigStar]

1 hour ago, ikke1959 said:

The netizens who are so innocent are always upset..... especialy if foreigners do something... 

Not upset in the least. Laughing and incredulous at the idiocy. And they gave him benefit of doubt, which they couldn't a Thai.

 

Enough with the paranoia and imagined victimization.

Edited November 8, 2022 by BigStar

[daveAustin]

1 hour ago, ikke1959 said:

The netizens who are so innocent are always upset..... especialy if foreigners do something... 

Eh? Must’ve missed that. From what I read most of them seemed more interested to see what was between their legs. 

[Laughing Gravy]

Reminds me of people who get Chinese Characters as tattoos. One friend had one on his ankle and asked a Chinese Girl what it meant. He was expecting Hope or Desire.

She said it said 'beef mushroom and fried rice" number 47. ????

[Orinoco]

Tee Hee, Tee Hee. 

[Joe Farang]

9 minutes ago, Laughing Gravy said:

Reminds me of people who get Chinese Characters as tattoos. One friend had one on his ankle and asked a Chinese Girl what it meant. He was expecting Hope or Desire.

She said it said 'beef mushroom and fried rice" number 47. ????

I remember the girl on Soi 7 Pattaya a number of years ago who had "TONKA" across her shoulders.

The supposed tattoos in the article look like regular ink that will wash off.

 

[Myran]

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

The netizens who are so innocent are always upset..... especialy if foreigners do something... 

Yeah, they're almost as bad as people who comment on articles they haven't even read.

[Hanaguma]

I guess it is still a fad to get Japanese or Chinese Kanji tattoos done these days. Not a fan myself, too easy to make some hilariously stupid errors. Saw a guy who had a weird tattoo so I asked him, "what does it mean".  He said "I think it is 'samurai', but some people laugh when they see it".  Actually, it meant "hemmorhoid"- the symbols for hemmorhoid and samurai are similar, and he had a foreign tattoo artist do his tat. 

[johnnybangkok]

Reminds me of this gem

 

[T0nD0n]

Not only tattoos lead to funny situations. Saw a Japanese girl with absolutely small breasts wearing a T-shirt with the text: " Gorgeous Mountains". But then a T- shirt is easier to take off than a tattoo.

[malt25]

My first thought when reading this was "Google translate - notoriously inaccurate". I agree this was true some time back, but find the Google translation very handy & accurate these days. Am I missing something ?

[hellohello123]

Classy with a capital K

 

Regardless if it means vagina, mushroom fried rice or kettle

[lanng khao]

Can't say that was my proudest moment.

[TheFishman1]

Google translate is the worst from English to Thai language  And I don’t even understand half  Of this article. TIT

[Bogbrush]

[Jonathan Swift]

51 minutes ago, malt25 said:

My first thought when reading this was "Google translate - notoriously inaccurate". I agree this was true some time back, but find the Google translation very handy & accurate these days. Am I missing something ?

It depends on what you're trying to translate. Single words are OK. Short phrases can be accurate, but the longer the phrase the more incomprehensible. The biggest reason is that Google does not hear and translate the tones in Asian languages which contribute to the meaning of words. It also has a hard time with syntax, which is often reversed or absent completely.

Edited November 8, 2022 by Jonathan Swift

[Gold Star]

Could be worse...

[Keep Right]

Anyone that has their body inked should first have a tattoo placed on their forehead that says "Loser" 

[Buriramfelang]

1 hour ago, T0nD0n said:

Not only tattoos lead to funny situations. Saw a Japanese girl with absolutely small breasts wearing a T-shirt with the text: " Gorgeous Mountains". But then a T- shirt is easier to take off than a tattoo.

I once saw a young Thai girl, too young to understand, on a SkyTrain in BKK wearing a t shirt that read "if God hadn't wanted me to have sex why did he give me a huge cock" I was embarrassed for her but how could I tell her.

[IamNoone88]

An idiots 5 minutes of fame. The Tattoo will be there a lot longer.

[allanos]

Stop me if you've heard this one:

 

Two girls had been dating the same guy and were comparing notes.

 

The first one says, "you know, I discovered he's got 'LUDO' tattoo'd on his cock".

 

The second, more sexy girl says, "don't be silly, it says 'LLANDUDNO'! "

[wwest5829]

2 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:

Reminds me of people who get Chinese Characters as tattoos. One friend had one on his ankle and asked a Chinese Girl what it meant. He was expecting Hope or Desire.

She said it said 'beef mushroom and fried rice" number 47. ????

Yes, the Chinese characters, especially in combination can be interpreted different ways. Going to study in Shanghai in the summer of 1986, Chinese friends wrote out the characters. Then he said, he thought of slightly different, more polite characters. The first characters could be seen as, "Powerful Mandarin from the West". Yea, right ... ha! Over the top.

[Bazerino]

Blacklist him & deport.......

[Mad mick]

Just get cover up tatt don't worry about it ! funny though 

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, johnnybangkok said:

Reminds me of this gem

 

No Rugrats

[Tiredofglasshalfemptyexpat]

3 hours ago, Joe Farang said:

I remember the girl on Soi 7 Pattaya a number of years ago who had "TONKA" across her shoulders.

The supposed tattoos in the article look like regular ink that will wash off.

 

fascinating

[JayClay]

2 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

Google does not hear and translate the tones in Asian languages which contribute to the meaning of words

Yes it does.

 

If it didn't do so then it's voice translation would be literally useless.

[purcho]

1 hour ago, Bazerino said:

Blacklist him & deport.......

thats a bit harsh ....

[DrPhibes]

4 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

I guess it is still a fad to get Japanese or Chinese Kanji tattoos done these days. Not a fan myself, too easy to make some hilariously stupid errors. Saw a guy who had a weird tattoo so I asked him, "what does it mean".  He said "I think it is 'samurai', but some people laugh when they see it".  Actually, it meant "hemmorhoid"- the symbols for hemmorhoid and samurai are similar, and he had a foreign tattoo artist do his tat. 

Wow, that guy must have been a total _ss hole!