Thursday, March 17, 2005

the pubic lounge....

Must start taking pictures of some of the signs here! Now, I know that there are bound to be mistakes when using a language that is not your mother tongue, but it never ceases to  amuse me! Especially when these mistakes are boldly displayed in a major public arena. I mean, you think that at a city's main train station, someone would realise how very necessary that "L" is in Public Lounge! While waiting for my train to Beijing, I noticed a large sign pointing the way to the "Boiler Boom". It's an important boom, the boiler boom.

One of my favourite Chinglish signs was in the bathroom on the train (a squattie, of course):

When train is stabling, please not to flush the closet pot.

Haha! And I haven't even begun to get into the translations on menus... that'll be a story for another time.

2 comments:

Amy said...

Hey Mandersblue,thanks for the comment...no problems with plugging...come around and visit all my friends on the link...we welcome new neighbours to our Space Blvd. Unfortunately for you, you stumbled upon the ringleader of freaks...or so I\'m described on peoples pages...lol...But thanks for the laugh! I was kinda having a funky nite...enjoyed the post!Amy

peabody said...

oooOOOOoo i can tell i\'m going to get some amusing stories on this blog! woo!

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