#any hong konger reading that would probably snicker...or snort in amusement

[thisonelikesaliens]

whoever came up with the hong kong title for the red envelope deserves a real red envelope

the original chinese title of marry my dead body :

關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事 (guān yú wǒ hé guǐ biàn chéng jiā rén de nà jiàn shì)

that thing about how a ghost and i became family

obviously the taiwan title for the thai movie has to be something different:

冥婚鬧泰大 (míng hūn nào tài dà)

make too big deal out of ghost marriage

they just replaced the actual word for "too" 太 with 泰 (thai) since they have the same pronunciation like they're not even trying

the hong kong title though:

關於我和鬼變成家人的那封利是

yeah we're gonna be straightforward and replace 那件事 (na5 gin6 si6)* with 那封利是 (na5 fung1 lai6 si6)* which is cantonese for that red envelope. this is the kind of authentic hong kong style humor that probably just speaks to a small group of people and i happen to be one of them

i just love it when translators have fun

*cantonese pronunciation