r/funny • • 2d ago

Thai ad writers are genius.

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u/userdeath 1d ago

Can someone explain the confusion between bok choy and "kwang toon"

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u/AussieDave63 1d ago

Kwang Toon is the Thai name for what most of the world calls Bok Choy 

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u/userdeath 1d ago

Why was the market lady confused then

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u/veselin465 1d ago

She quickly figured it out, though. Wouldn't call it confused. It's like when someone asks you in a foreign language (which you know) for something and your brain takes 1 second to realize that it has to translate the question

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u/erdemcal 1d ago

also bok means shit in some languages

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u/BenevolentCheese 1d ago

Which languages?

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u/intheblackbirdpie 1d ago

some

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