For many people, getting a tattoo abroad is a beautiful reminder of the time spent there.
But for Amy, it’s a constant reminder of the fact that she was scammed by a tattoo artist during her time in Fiji.
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She went to TikTok to admit that she didn’t know the meaning of the ink drawing when she received it.
And she begged for help in translating the words “Matanivola Levu” in the tattoo inked on her thigh.
“I didn’t know Fijians could be so mean, because now that I have a tattoo, I don’t even know what it means,” she said, sobbing.
“Can someone tell me what I have on my body please?
“Okay, this is my tattoo.
“What does that actually mean?”
Amy was then inundated with people who helpfully told her the real meaning of the tattoo. One wrote: “That’s ‘capital letter’ in Fijian”.
“That’s really hilarious,” added another.
“It says ‘capital letters’ but it’s all lowercase… Awesome.”
“At least it’s not a dirty word…your tattoo means big letters,” said a third.
While someone else wrote: “My Fijian grandma just said it means something like a big book???
“She wonders why on earth you bought it, and honestly it’s the same!”
Others questioned whether Amy’s tattoo was real, which she proved in the following video, where she posed in front of a mirror and pulled up the leg of her shorts to reveal the tattoo.
“I wish this was a drill,” she sighed.
“This isn’t a drill – this is my tattoo. Are you ready?”
As she showed it she said, “Here it is, right there.
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“I wish I was joking, but I’m serious.
“I laugh and cry.
“What the f**k?!”
“Oh my gosh, I definitely don’t have the same tattoo!!!” someone else wrote in the comments.
“I fell for Google Translate too. We can be capital letter friends!”
“I’m screaming about this,” laughed another.
As a third said: “I actually quite like it!”
And someone else pointed out that the expression actually has a double meaning.
“’Big Book’ can be translated into Fijian as ‘you have many stories to tell’, which is a way of saying you have many adventures,” they said.
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