ThaiBasil Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 you've all seen them on menus etc. just share them here in this topic! These are a couple I still remember: - 8 years ago on Koh Phangan I saw a small pharmacy with a big sign outside saying: "first AIDS" instead of first AID! - on Samui I saw a Thai woman named "Nut" (similar sound as in "good" or "food") opening a small massage shop which said on the window: "nut massage", I guess she had a lot of male customers, lol. - in a menu I once saw: "crap dip" instead of "crab dip" - the most puzzling one in a menu was: "fired swamp" which turned out to be "fried shrimp" - and a local minimart in Kanchanaburi had a terrific sign saying: "buy 2 get one 1" (probably forgot to add "for free" hahaha) hope u guys can share some!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G54 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Oddly enough I was at a new (to me) restaurant. Looking at the menu in Thai and English I could not believe how bad the English was and then when I got to one section of the menu and it stated - I kid you not Crabs cooked in whore dust. Shrimp cooked in whore dust. and a variety of other seafoods all cooked in 'whore dust'. Do they take shavings off some unseen lady bar and cook the food in those? The mind boggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjhbigv Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Saw some woman with a T-shirt wth Bart Simpson on it yesterday, underneath it read 'The Simsons'...you would have thought the manufacturer would have at least got the spellling correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loong Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) Oddly enough I was at a new (to me) restaurant. Looking at the menu in Thai and English I could not believe how bad the English was and then when I got to one section of the menu and it stated - I kid you notCrabs cooked in whore dust. Shrimp cooked in whore dust. and a variety of other seafoods all cooked in 'whore dust'. Do they take shavings off some unseen lady bar and cook the food in those? The mind boggles. This had me puzzled but I had to laugh when I realised. ผงกะหรี่........(pŏng gà rèe) means Curry powder pŏng Means powder or dust or dirt gà rèe is a loanword from Curry, but it's also a very crude word for prostitute. So I guess that they must have used a dictionary, but chose the wrong translation options. Could have been cooked in Whore dirt Edited July 5, 2009 by loong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Handicap toilet. Not misspelled but why explain in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harcourt Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Oddly enough I was at a new (to me) restaurant. Looking at the menu in Thai and English I could not believe how bad the English was and then when I got to one section of the menu and it stated - I kid you notCrabs cooked in whore dust. Shrimp cooked in whore dust. and a variety of other seafoods all cooked in 'whore dust'. Do they take shavings off some unseen lady bar and cook the food in those? The mind boggles. This had me puzzled but I had to laugh when I realised. ผงกะหรี่........(pŏng gà rèe) means Curry powder pŏng Means powder or dust or dirt gà rèe is a loanword from Curry, but it's also a very crude word for prostitute. So I guess that they must have used a dictionary, but chose the wrong translation options. Could have been cooked in Whore dirt I'm not qualified to comment on the accuracy of your analisys, but it sounds good to me. I was wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsun240Z Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Dude Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Saw some woman with a T-shirt wth Bart Simpson on it yesterday, underneath it read 'The Simsons'...you would have thought the manufacturer would have at least got the spellling correct! Prehaps she was taking the 'P' My local ferang restaurant serves New Zealand Lamp ? Very bright Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt60 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) It happened to me the other way around, used the dictionary to find the Thai for " shower" as in getting clean, used fhon dhoc bao bao and I reckon they are all still laughing now three years later Edited July 5, 2009 by Cobalt60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Saw some woman with a T-shirt wth Bart Simpson on it yesterday, underneath it read 'The Simsons'...you would have thought the manufacturer would have at least got the spellling correct! My wife had a T-Shirt with the legend "Snow White & The Seven Pygmies" ........ I'm sure that there is a farang ex-pat helping with these designs just for his own amusement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman60 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 A small massage shop in Big C Ratchaburi has a 1 hour 150 baht Relay Massage. I informed them that is was Relax Massage. They laughed and as of two weeks later you still can get a 150 baht Relay massage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf5370 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 In Philipines in a cinema I saw a sign that read: "Beware pick pockets, keep your eyes in your bag" Strange things thieves go for over there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyh Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Saw some woman with a T-shirt wth Bart Simpson on it yesterday, underneath it read 'The Simsons'...you would have thought the manufacturer would have at least got the spellling correct! I have seen quite a few like this, probably rejects that west would not accept. So sold in Thailand where they don't care what it says so long as it is English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyh Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 In Philipines in a cinema I saw a sign that read:"Beware pick pockets, keep your eyes in your bag" Strange things thieves go for over there! Might mean the woman you are with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuian Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 "Black Pig Chop" "Sapageti pad kee mao" "French fried" "Enjoy one evening with our beautifil hostages" "if anyone sees or knows anyone who destroys the country or the nation y selling or doing illegal things, please report imedeadly!" ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP25 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 They seem to consistently misspell the word 'angel' as 'angle.' I always get a chuckle when in Thai chat rooms and I see a name like DarlingAngle or 69SexyAngle69. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waza Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Path sign in Phuket, "Did way not to hight". lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulwy Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Haha...Love this topic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulwy Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Haha...Love this topic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahtin Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 i eager to teach english in thailand and i am very happy to have this information.I will be gratefully if you can assist me to get one of the best schools to teach while you are already there. thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickBradford Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 The management of my apartment block has been trying to advise residents of the all-too-obvious fact that the interior of the lifts have been painted for the first time ìn 10 years. They have tried: Colour Pant Wet Warming Wet Pant Panting Wet By the time some kind soul wrote out the correct words for management to affix to all the lifts, the paint was of course dry..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ping Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Sign reads: Road Contruction Ahead Be Eaveful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonrakers Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 www.engrish (dot) com is worth a giggle. it has loads of such mistakes. There is a restaurant on Koh Samet which has Deep Fried Aboriginie on the menu, and there was me thinking crocodile was exotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahtin Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurnell Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 After staying at a hotel in Chiang Mai and enjoying the muesli at the buffet, I emailed the chef and asked him how he prepares it. He sent me the following: Dear Sir thank your very much for you enjoin our breakfast buffet provided at rest. we call that home made muesli first you bay quick oatmeal 1 can, and quick whole wheat 1 pack, and dries fruit as you like dry banana, raisin, or dry apple, low fat milk, METHOD boil milk, sugar and salt to test, 420 g.oatmeal, 200g whole wheat and dry fruits cock 3-5 minutes stir occasionally, hope you enjoin your cock, regards, Chef Udom Tan, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg_2003 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Hahaha, Good thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogoso Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 A restaurant in Sukothai offers "sun dried road kill' hmmm sounded yummy, but I passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petesear Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 They seem to consistently misspell the word 'angel' as 'angle.' I always get a chuckle when in Thai chat rooms and I see a name like DarlingAngle or 69SexyAngle69. This reminded me of the very large hanging poster I saw in MBK advertising the new film 'Charlie's Angles'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noahvail Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) Saw some woman with a T-shirt wth Bart Simpson on it yesterday, underneath it read 'The Simsons'...you would have thought the manufacturer would have at least got the spellling correct! Prehaps she was taking the 'P' My local ferang restaurant serves New Zealand Lamp ? Very bright Dave Hey, good New Zealand lamp is hard to find! Especially nice if it's been left to hang around just a little bit. It's one of the things I do miss about NZ, export-quality lamp. What restaurant, please? /edited for typo. Edited July 5, 2009 by noahvail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmac Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Great! There used to be a small restaurant in Chiang Mai that also advertised "lamp chops", but I never got round to trying them. We used to stop off at a resort on the road to Doi Inthanon for coffee and a snack. One day the manageress proudly presented me with their new "English" menu. All was fine apart from the usual "fired" instead of "fried", etc., until I came to the drinks page, to find that I could purchase a large "Cock" for just 15 baht! How such a common name as "Coke" got cocked-up like that I'll never know! At least I did get my Thai b/f to have a quiet word with the dear lady - the subsequent screams of mirth from the waitresses could be heard for miles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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