r/engrish • u/bstarpro • 2d ago

Sure bro

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u/redzinga 16h ago

what it actually says in Thai: Please Careful Monkey Yoink

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u/Emotional_Answer545 15h ago

is yoink what I think it is?

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u/redzinga 15h ago

i mean, i hope so?

i mean "yoink" like the cartoonish sound effect of grabbing something away.

the Thai word is pronounced "yaeng" and it basically means snatch or grab. i admit my translation choice is idiosyncratic -- yoink is very informal and probably would not be used on a sign like this -- but it sounds kind of similar and just feels right.

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u/copper_nano_tube 13h ago

It sounds better than “monkey snatch”, lol

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u/redzinga 10h ago

each to his own

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u/Moist-Chair684 1d ago

*anal ching whatnow?

Ah, no. Well.

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u/Practical_Ad_219 1d ago

Please do not the monke ❌

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u/Particular_Ad_644 1d ago

Shock the monkey

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u/pelonier 1d ago edited 5h ago

I have no idea how it got that translation. It says โปรด (please) ระวัง ( be careful). ลิง (monkey) แย่ง (grab).

(Please be careful. Monkey grab)

Maybe they tried to write themselves? I know Thai’s have a cooked English in general.

Edit: I fixed my mistake, im still a learner

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u/Surskit2907 19h ago

No, it’s not ไป (go) it’s โปรด (please). Please be aware - monkey snatching

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u/pelonier 6h ago

Oh yeah I see, the tail is in the other direction. My bad, I started learning not long ago. I’ll edit that comment to fix it.

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u/OliverKadmon 22h ago

โปรดระวัง = please (โปรด) be aware (ระวัง).

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u/pelonier 5h ago

I’m always a dumbass

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u/LoveAndViscera 1d ago

It’s not a translation. It’s totally phonetic. “Be careful. Snatching stuff.” An employee probably says this all the time to English speaking tourists from whom they likely also learned it.

That’s some good, honest pidgin right there. It’s why Jamaican Patois and Haitian Creole look insane when you read them, but once you say it out loud, they’re 90% comprehensible to an English or French speaker respectively.

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u/PileofTerdFarts 1d ago

But honey... PLLEEEEASSE OF MONKEYS! PLEASE...

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u/hardboard 1d ago

The Thai says something like: 'You must be careful of monkeys snatching things'

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u/Joer_Moper 1d ago

You meen "snal ching stuff"?

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u/LessOrgies 1d ago

Do not the monkee

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u/juicebar24 19h ago

Monkey please

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u/CucuMatMalaya 1d ago

Return to monke

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u/MiaMiaPP 1d ago

I have no ideas what it’s trying to say lol

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u/LPedraz 1d ago

Be aware of the monkeys; be careful, they snatch stuff

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u/Top_Development_1777 1d ago

I think it's supposed to say please be careful of monkeys snatching stuff (your belongings) but I don't read the original language