Friday, February 28, 2014

Thailand - Funny Signs

On road trips, one often encounter funny signs or signs one wonder why they were deemed necessary.
For example, in Ratchaburi, it is OK to bring your gun to a waterfall, but please don't shoot.

In Phattalung, deer are apparently not allowed to enter this forest.
 In Phang Nga, the local government provide a public swamp instead of a park for citizens and visitors.

In some instances, like below example from Cambodia, there is an issue with translation. The electricity factory referred to is actually a power plant.
Other examples from Cambodia are found in the creativity put into name giving of retail businesses and language schools. For example, 6-Eleven and K-Mart Burger are names of local mini-marts.

That reminded me of a burger chain in Kazakhstan that named itself King Burger and used colors & designs in its logo so that the similarity with Burger King was obvious. The burgers' taste was, however, pretty fatty and deplorable.

1 comment:

  1. Hello. I'm just contacting you to ask if we could use your picture of 6-eleven in Malaysia for a website article we're doing in the UK about funny shop names. We will credit your site on the image. Thanks. Richard

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