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  1. GaijinPunch

    GaijinPunch Lemon Party Organizer and Promoter

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    My friend actually took this and sent it to me.

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  2. WanganRunner

    WanganRunner Dauntless Member

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    I'm sure most of you have seen this site, but to those who haven't..


    www.engrish.com


    "We ganster"
     
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  3. AntiPasta

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    Fack you man!

    Some personal encounters I had with Engrish:

    -a woman telling us to go "Lefto-ni"
    -going to great lengths to photograph a girl's t-shirt saying "There is your kind invitation for the one way" on the sly :p
    -a restaurant (I think) on the Konodai Station called "DIE HARD" :smt043

    But apart from that not very much, oddly. At least not as much as Engrish.com made me believe there would be..
     
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  4. Yakumo

    Yakumo Pillar of the Community *****

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    man, I saw at least 10 Engrish efforts on the way home from work today ! The place were I work has a room called the English Room but you won't believe what the sign says. It says EngRish Room :smt042 I'll have to grab a photo of it. hang on, I'm sure I can find some Engrish just in my house. Let me take a look :-D

    Yakumo

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    Wouldn't you belive it. The camera's batteries are dead :smt009
     
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  5. LeGIt

    LeGIt I'm a cunt or so I'm told :P

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    hehe maybe Segagagadomain can have another Yakumo feature - Shimonoseki Engrish :smt096
     
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  6. Yakumo

    Yakumo Pillar of the Community *****

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    I've thought about that many times. Sega World quite often have some crazy English. There's also the case of normal English with pure bullshit meaning. There's a great one in the toilet in work that tells you by using the toilet seat covers your toilet time will be a wonderful experience :smt043 I'll grab a photo of that one tomorrow.

    Yakumo
     
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  7. GaijinPunch

    GaijinPunch Lemon Party Organizer and Promoter

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    I came to the assumption long ago that Japanese companies can't get sued for false advertisement as long as it's in English.
     
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  8. cahaz

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    am i the only that does not understand at all what this sign ''try'' to ''say''?

    :smt043 :smt043 wonderful.

    edit: i know why i don't understand the sign, it says: ''confusion is expected to be(..)'' :smt043
     
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  9. ASSEMbler

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    Go look as the sign with a staff member and then point at the third line.

    Now proceed to scream this:

    HELP !!!! UNKNOWN THING HAPPEN!!!! (drops to knees and screams in a horrible shriek) I SAID HELP!!! UNKNOWN THING HAAAAPPPPEEEEENNN!!!!! (Proceed to roll around on the floor , screaming, stop moving and then randomly twitch every 4-5 seconds)
     
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  10. ShadowofBob

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    Here's a pic I took from a sign outside a Romando Roll shop in the Porta Mall in Kyoto station. It made Engrish.com

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  11. GaijinPunch

    GaijinPunch Lemon Party Organizer and Promoter

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    I saw a post card one time that I still punch myself for not buying. It was for when you moved, and had a little cartoon sequence on it showing the person move, saying "please come on my new house!"
     
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    [​IMG]

    :smt043
     
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  13. ASSEMbler

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    makes me want to play tron...
     
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  14. Yakumo

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    Looking around the house or some good Engrish today when I remembered the mighty Dream Parapara Engrish from China. take a look at this :smt043

    "THERE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL SEGA PRODUCT" Well, maybe not in China :smt042
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    At least the Japanese English is normaly spelt right unlike this "1 PALY" :-D
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    "NO NEED MODIFICATION" Sounds like Neo Zeed is back with his bases ;-)
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    "SPECIALITY FOR CONTROLLER" Hmm? What is ?
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    At least they made a colour printed disc. The instruction book is also in full colour however is in Chinese which is a blessing after seeing what they did with every bit of English on the case. :smt043

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    Yakumo
     
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  15. Yakumo

    Yakumo Pillar of the Community *****

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    Took a picture of that toilet seat cover paper today. Japanese products are always filled with bullshit English. It's as if they believe every product is capable of give you an orgasm :D

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    Yakumo
     
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  16. WolverineDK

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    Yakumo: i think yo shall rub hard then :smt043 :smt043 :smt043

    anyway sometimes my english is more engrish than english but anyway at least i am trying hard to write it correct :)
     
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  17. cahaz

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    :smt043:smt043:smt043:smt043
    brillant!


    what a wonderful world! :smt082
     
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  18. cahaz

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    you and me both comrade. :smt023
     
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  19. GaijinPunch

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    Saw this van outside the gym in Shibuya about a year ago.

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  20. Yakumo

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    Look at this plantpots car I saw today in the police station car park.
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    What a tool :D RIFE :D

    Yakumo
     
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