Lost in translation: Foreign women turn Thai rice steamers into hilarious hats

[snoop1130]

 

Thai netizens expressed their admiration and laughed at two foreign women who mistook Thai-style bamboo sticky rice steamers for hats. They bought them from a local vendor who could not communicate very well due to the language barrier.

 

A Thai man named Surat Seehabut shared pictures of the two European women wearing hats which looked like weaving baskets. The caption said…

 

“At a local grocery shop, the foreign customers inquired, “What is this?” and pointed at the sticky rice steamer. The vendor informed them, “This is a หวด (Huad which means sticky rice steamers).” They might have misheard “huad” as “hat” so they bought them.”

 

The post quickly gained over 4,700 reactions and 5,000 shares from Thai netizens. Many of them expressed their admiration for the foreigners but several could not help but chuckle at their adorable fashion choice in the comments section…

 

“That is a great idea. It can protect them from the sun! Multipurpose haud!”

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo by สุรัตน์ ศรีหะบุตร via Facebook/ ข่าวสาร - คนไทรน้อย_นนทบุรี

 

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[Colabamumbai]

Could be steaming sticky rice on hot heads. 

[zzaa09]

43 minutes ago, Colabamumbai said:

Could be steaming sticky rice on hot heads. 

From this angle, it appears the eccentric head wear isn't helping their rather rubenesque presence.

They need to stay away from the McDs and KFC. 

Farang....

????

 

[hotchilli]

Now if that was Lisa wearing the cooking aid they'd sell a million more today.

[John Bird]

25 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

From this angle, it appears the eccentric head wear isn't helping their rather rubenesque presence.

They need to stay away from the McDs and KFC. 

Farang....

????

 

They're not exceptionally large mate. Look in the mirror.

[Troy Tempest]

54 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

From this angle, it appears the eccentric head wear isn't helping their rather rubenesque presence.

They need to stay away from the McDs and KFC. 

Farang....

????

 

Just normal Farangs from what I can see and slimmer than many.

 

We get spoilt by the lovely ladies in LOS!

[Gsxrnz]

Dollars to donuts the women were Brits and assumed the baskets were a Thai version of a pith helmet. Traditional British tropical headgear - back in the day of the Raj.

 

The size of their rear ends is further confirmation of them being Brits. 

 

 

[phetphet]

If they tied two together, they could have made a bra.

[rebo]

In Austrian spoken language a hat is - you might have guessed - a huat.

[Neo Alive]

Whahahaha now they have steamy heads. 

[BangkokReady]

Why not tell them the error they had made, rather than take photos and share them online for people to laugh at?

[StayinThailand2much]

56 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

Why not tell them the error they had made, rather than take photos and share them online for people to laugh at?

I presume a Thai took the pics, and Thais, well, prefer to talk about other people, not to them...

[Zapitapi]

sweet

[Bangkok Barry]

Maybe they knew exactly what they were buying them for. Good for keeping both the sun and rain off. Not unusual for Thais to also wear what I would guess is equally uncomfortable headgear.

[In the jungle]

....said the Thais who use plastic bags as hats in the rain.