Lost In Translation - English Gone Wrong

One of my favorite things about traveling is seeing how English is used, or misused. Apparently I'm not alone. Most of these seem to be from Asian countries, however there are a few from other parts of the world that are just as hilarious. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

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My friend gathered a collection of these over 150 when he went on his mission. I gathered a group of ways to say no to salesman. The Japanese make all their coffee mugs say something with strange Engrish. The L's of course become r's so it can make for some hilarious stuff. See my lens about the words for delicious on squidoo at http://squidoo.com/deliciousjapanese

Haha, these are awesome! Reminds me of living in Japan! One of my favorite signs there was for a hotel called "Come On My House". Umm, think I'll pass, thanks!

I also like that e-mailed list of English-language signs in Asia that circulates every now and then... gems include the sign at the cleaner's that reads "Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the rest of the day having a good time." Or the sign at the mosque that reads "It is forbidden to enter a woman in the prayer room." Joyce

hilarious! i've got two entries that might be of interest to you guys: http://flipland2.blogspot.com/2008/04/funny-signs.html and http://flipland2.blogspot.com/2007/12/pic-of-day.html enjoy!

Check out www.engrish.com Lots of very funny, mostly Asian examples of some very broken English

Haha, these are awesome! Reminds me of living in Japan! One of my favorite signs there was for a hotel called "Come On My House". Umm, think I'll pass, thanks!

hilarious! i've got two entries that might be of interest to you guys: http://flipland2.blogspot.com/2008/04/funny-signs.html and http://flipland2.blogspot.com/2007/12/pic-of-day.html enjoy!

Check out www.engrish.com Lots of very funny, mostly Asian examples of some very broken English

This is cool - there's a load of comedy Chinese translations and stuff on www.chinamadness.com too which is pretty funny. I like Corn Frakes the best. :-)

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