An Australian woman, who describes herself as “a really fun spontaneous person,” has turned to the internet for assistance after waking up during her holiday in Fiji to discover a new tattoo on her upper thigh that she cannot decipher.
Amy Dickinson, an avid traveler and aspiring influencer, visited Fiji last month and, like many Australians, decided to get a tattoo to commemorate her time in the tropical destination. In a social media post, Dickinson revealed that she somehow ended up with a tattoo reading “matanivola levu,” but did not provide details on how it came about.
As a native English speaker, Dickinson expressed her confusion about the meaning of the words and urgently sought clarification from others. “I didn’t know Fijians could be so mean because now I’ve got a tattoo and nobody can tell me what it means, so can someone tell me what I have on my body, please?” she tearfully pleaded online.
Fijians quickly chimed in, explaining that “matanivola levu” simply translates to “capital letters.” The responses were a mix of amusement and disbelief regarding how Dickinson allowed such a mistake to happen.
“Why would you get a tattoo without knowing the meaning?” one user questioned. Another remarked, “That’s actually hilarious; it says capital letters but it’s all lowercase — brilliant.” A third added, “Fijians aren’t mean. We are just born with crazy humor.”
Many users inquired about the events that led to the tattoo, prompting Dickinson to address the situation in a follow-up video, albeit vaguely. “Well, I’m just like a really fun spontaneous person, and sometimes that’s a good thing and sometimes that’s a bad thing — now I’ve got this tattoo that apparently means capital letters. What the f**k?” she shared.
Dickinson is not the only Australian traveler to experience tattoo mishaps recently. In May, another influencer revealed she had made the same mistake she had warned another tourist about, ending up with a ‘horrid’ tattoo of a Bintang beer bottle.
Named Rhiannon, this young woman recounted waking up after a night out on the popular holiday island to find she had gotten not one, but two tattoos.
Last year, a different Australian woman faced a similar predicament after receiving a $120 tattoo in Bali due to an oversight by the tattoo artist. The emotional 19-year-old influencer, Tia Kabir, had intended to get a ‘Generation Z style tattoo’ but was horrified when it turned out to say “Energy Angel” instead of “Angel Energy,” a phrase she hoped would signify her celestial energy to others.
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