17 thoughts on “The most unfortunate province name ever…”

1. I’m not even going to thinkabout googling that!!

2. I dunno…the Vietnamese province of Phuc (and yes, it’s pronounced that way) is pretty bad too.

   1. How about Phuket? =P

      1. …if they can’t take a joke.

      2. I do believe that’s what I was thinking of, yes.

         …god, I should not be trying to be funny at 7:30 AM.

      3. Whenever that’s in the news, they always make a note of pronouncing it “poo-KHET.” I, for one, always giggle at that.

         1. Well, my friends who’ve been there say it *is* pronounced that way.

            1. They’re misinformed.

            2. Well, my inner 12-year-old begs to differ.

3. I once had a trouble ticket from our Thai division, asking for assistance with the account of Wannaporn Wannawanka.

4. I once saw a sign on a pet store that said “Live Nude Fish!”

   Thailand must have simply gotten there first.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chum_salmon

   Vorn

5. Back in Anaheim there was a shopfront proudly declaring “Thai PORN” – I was never brave enough to go inside, but one of my friends went there – apparently it was a restaurant and “porn” is soup.

   1. Chum soup is not much of an improvement. 😉

      1. Ick!

      2. Eeew, true. Makes me remember this soup I ate at a Venzuelan restauraunt before I learned to speak Spanish. It tasted quite good but later I learned it had lamb guts in it.

      3. And for goodness sake, if you DO get the chum soup, don’t let anyone get shark-fin soup at the same time. Just trust me on this, it was quite a mess, sugar packets EVERYWHERE.

6. I believe the Discovery Channel features Chumporn for a full week every summer, I think usually in August, just they go by the traditional English name, Shark Week. :p

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