Woman told to remove personalised number plates due to rude Filipino translation
20th April 2011
Kristen Perry, known as Kiki by her friends and family received a letter from the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) in New South Wales demanding that she show “just cause” for using the plates, otherwise they would be confiscated.
The RTA said it had received a complaint from a member of the Filipino community because Mrs Perry’s nickname Kiki translates to “vagina” in Tagalog.
Why the Roads and Traffic Authority in New South Wales should give a flying fuck about what it means in Tagalog (not, when last I looked, a language of any importance in New South Wales) is not explained.