Lost in translation: Foreign women turn Thai rice steamers into hilarious hats

Thai netizens expressed their admiration and laughed at two foreign women who mistook Thai-style bamboo sticky rice steamers for hats. They bought them from a local vendor who could not communicate very well due to the language barrier.

A Thai man named Surat Seehabut shared pictures of the two European women wearing hats which looked like weaving baskets. The caption said…

“At a local grocery shop, the foreign customers inquired, “What is this?” and pointed at the sticky rice steamer. The vendor informed them, “This is a หวด (Huad which means sticky rice steamers).” They might have misheard “huad” as “hat” so they bought them.”

The post quickly gained over 4,700 reactions and 5,000 shares from Thai netizens….