{"id":2879,"date":"2011-04-24T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2011-04-21T16:17:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T15:17:15","slug":"kiki-number-plates-to-be-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2011\/04\/kiki-number-plates-to-be-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"KIKI number plates to be removed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Kiki-Correct.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2880\" title=\"Kiki Numberplates\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Kiki-Correct-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Australian woman\u00a0was\u00a0told to remove personalised number plates due to rude Filipino translation<\/p>\n<p>An Australian woman was told to remove her personalised number plates which bear her nickname &#8216;Kiki&#8217;, following a complaint that the word is Filipino for a part of the female anatomy.<\/p>\n<p>Kristen was told to remove personalised number plates due to rude Filipino translation. Kristen Perry was given the nickname Kiki as a baby in relation to her Greek heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) in New South Wales demanding that she show &#8220;just cause&#8221; 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&#8217;s nickname Kiki translates to &#8220;vagina&#8221; in Tagalog.&#8221; At first I thought it was a joke, but then I realised it was actually quite serious and that my number plates would be taken off me if I didn&#8217;t respond appropriately,&#8221; Mrs Perry said.<\/p>\n<p>After a wave of public support for her cause, the RTA backed down, saying it would take a &#8220;common sense approach&#8221; to the matter.<\/p>\n<p>However, it issued a warning that &#8220;personalised plates must not carry offensive language, religious or sexual content&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to hearing your thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian woman\u00a0was\u00a0told to remove personalised number plates due to rude Filipino translation An Australian woman was told to remove her personalised number plates which bear her nickname &#8216;Kiki&#8217;, following a complaint that the word is Filipino for a part of the female anatomy. Kristen was told to remove personalised number plates due to rude Filipino [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[136],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2882,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions\/2882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}