Thighland

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Added by Sophie • Updated about a year ago by andcallmeshirley

world map Burma Thighland Vietnam Cambodia Andaman Gulf of Thailand

Category: Meme Status: Submission Year: 2020 Origin: Twitter Region:

Type: Parody,

Tags: donald trump, thailand, mispronunciation, speech, ohio, felicia sonmez, @therecount, @ohnoshetwitnt, @idgric, @atpmiuism, gaffe,

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James Buchanan @JBuchananBKK The #Thighland thing is funny. What's not funny is that a young Thai activist called Wanchalerm was abducted two months ago and nobody has seen or heard from him since. Other Thai activists have also been disappeared or killed

Big Benny @BigBennyRadio When you see #Thighland trending, but it's just @realDonaldTrump 's illiterate ass talking again. #ThighIand "SHIMING•PRODjCTlON "ASHER AVE-URF WASH LAVE I-AVAD

James Buchanan ôui @JBuchananBKK The #Thighland thing is funny. What's not funny is that Thailand is ruled by a clownish dictator who staged a coup in 2014 and then rigged elections in 2019 so that he could cling on to power. This is why #ThighlandNeedsDemocracy #Thailand #savenung อานนท์ Reuters 4:35 AM · Aug 7, 2020 · Twitter for Android

M III #Savenunganu @atpmiuism Thai ppl when Trump said #Thighland Thighland I like their leaders 4:43 AM · Aug 7, 2020 · Twitter for iPad

İDG IDG @İDGRIC Google maps satellite view of Thighland (Burma) OS Thighland Ch Vietnam gal Cambodia Andaman S Gulf of Thailand 8:59 AM · Aug 7, 2020 · Twitter Web App

The Volatile Mermaid VOTE @OhNoSheTwitnt IT'S CALLED THIGHLAND BECAUSE THE BROADS THERE HAVE NICE GAMS! 7:12 AM · Aug 7, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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About

Thighland refers to a mispronunciation of Thailand made by Donald Trump during a campaign event in Ohio in early August 2020. The gaffe caused Twitter users to parody his statement with photoshopped images of Thailand and criticize his statement directly after the mispronunciation that he likes Thailand's leader.

Origin

On August 6th, 2020, Donald Trump made a series of speeches in Ohio.^[1] That day, the Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez tweeted, "In Ohio speech just now, Trump pronounced Thailand 'Thigh-land,' before correcting himself" to which Twitter user @therecount responded with a video clip of the moment (shown below).

Here it is in all its glory:pic.twitter.com/PgTRnHpAA8
— The Recount (@therecount) August 6, 2020

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On August 7th, 2020, Twitter user @OhNoSheTwitnt^[3] captioned the Trump Yelling At Lawn-mowing Boy image with "IT’S CALLED THIGHLAND BECAUSE THE BROADS THERE HAVE NICE GAMS!" which garnered over 1,700 likes in a day (shown below, left). That same day, Twitter user @iDGRic^[4] shared a photoshopped map of Thailand with a chicken thigh over the country captioned, "Google maps satellite view of Thighland" (shown below, right).

That day, the hashtag #thighland began trending. Twitter user @atpmiuism^[5] posted a meme regarding Thai people's reaction to the mispronunciation compared to his statement about liking their leaders (shown below). The tweet received over 4,400 retweets and 890 likes in a day. Mashable^[2] published an article on Twitter reactions to the gaffe.