Engrish!

[Scott]

LOL ok...I know this is in your directory but I though I'd bring it to the attention of the people who haven't seen it before. It's HILARIOUS...I'm sitting here cracking up. Visit http://www.engrish.com to find out more.

[Scott]

Check out http://www.thejasper.com/Engrish/Eindex.html too!

[Maciamo]

I know this site. I laughed so hard I even cried !:D

The second link doesn't work...

[shintemaster]

Bahhh Revolver? I think everyone would agree that if there's one thing that Kurt C taught us it's this........ shotguns are the weapon of choice...

[shintemaster]

P.S. If anyone has checked all of the pix, I actually HAVE a 'Toughbox'

:) :bow:

[samuraitora]

engrish.com is one of my favorite sites on the entire internet

[Scott]

Hmm...the second link works for me.

[samuraitora]

I followed the second link as well

[moyashi]

:)

engrish.com is great. A friend pointed it out to me a while back.

I have to drive behind those Nissan Pathfinders all the time.

meet your best friend nature ... yeah right ;)

[samuraitora]

The first time I stubled across www.engrish.com...I thought it was a joke.

After speaking to a few friends in japan and having them check out the site...they confirmed it for me...too funny.

[moyashi]

I had forgot to add yesterday. When I first came to Japan like many English speaker, I would go off everytime I saw something so ridiculous as bad wordings or complain why don't the sign making companies use a dictionary.

Now, I just kick back and have a good laugh. Even the strange wordings used by Nissan I can see in a different light. Read some of the stuff, forget the bad spellings (which they really should spell check), and think how refreshing, new and interesting their phrases are.

[Tragedy]

It's because of ENGRISH.COM that Pocari Sweat is my favorite non-alcoholic Japanese drink. I usually don't complete the day without one...even when I'm in the States...

[samuraitora]

what is Pocari Sweat...I have seen it...just never had one.

[thomas]

Pocari Sweeat some kind of isotonic drink. It tastes nice if it's really cold. We can even find it at Japanese stores here in Vienna, but it's a bit expensive.

$¥$¥$¥...

[Scott]

Yea its a sports drink that kind of has the sensation of you drinking someone else's sweat. I hear its popular in Japan.

[samuraitora]

@ Scott
yuk...that image does not want to make me try it...lol

[moyashi]

Pocari Sweat gives me a weird heart burn after drinking it after a hockey game. hmmm, I drink Aquarius by Coke a Cola.

Coke beverage company also does can coffee and oolong tea.

[georget98]

Here's some Engrish (http://www.egeorgeonline.com/engrish.html) I found on a recent trip to Japan.

[thomas]

"We are passionate about lunch communication."

Hehe, some nice examples of Japanglish. :)

[Olivia]

hahaha! they are great, georget!
engrish.com is one of the funniest page on the net!! :D

[samuraitora]

I agree...very cool

[Maciamo]

I've found this on a joke site, but they are probably all authentic :

The following are actual products in Japan that have awful English mistranslations:

"- Discover Japanese People Alive in their Festivals!" (Japan Travel Bureau travel guide)
- Cookie Face (cosmetics) :auch:
- Salad Girl (more cosmetics)
- Skin clock for those wishing to become a dog (calendar) :confused:
- Naive Lady (toilet paper)
- The Goo (soup) :ramen:
- Pork with fresh garbage (cabbage)
- Specialist in Deceased Children (diseased) :shock:
- Finest Moldy Cheese :wary:
- Liver Putty (Japanese SPAM)
- My Fanny Toilet Paper ( :silly: naah ! was that a specialist shop for girls ?)
- My Pee Diapers :snore:
- Nail Remover :( (nail polish remover)

[Namashibori]

Pretty cool site!

[deborah gormley]

lol, now they are getting funnier,:clap:

[Olivia]

ouch, that nail remover gotta hurt! hahaha! :D

sometimes i wonder, don't the japanese companies have someone to revise all the foreign texts that go with the products?... i mean, all those engrish stuff don't need to be 100% formal/conventional english, but at least some things such as 'deceased children' or 'shituation' could be avoided! :)

[Maciamo]

Well the fanny toilet paper was not bad as well. :rolleyes:

[moyashi]

But that's what the copy writers are getting payed for.

;)

[Olivia]

hmmm... maybe it's on purpose, then...! (to make us laugh!)
;)

[deborah gormley]

or cringe!:clap: lol

[moyashi]

errr, they take their jobs pretty seriously. Many have studied at least 9 years of Engrish two.

[Olivia]

hmmm... so engrish must be much more difficult than japanese and english, cause it's a joint stuff!
muzukashiina...

[moyashi]

Actually I used to rip really hard on the Engrish I used to see but then a buddy gave me a good kick in the ass that woke me up (not about Engrish but Japan in general) and since then I've seen Japan in a different light. Also, the Engrish is absolutely stupid but yet it has a refreshing sense to it.

English is pretty stale with it's usage and constructions,yet, Japan has brought life to English by way of Engrish. You never will see Lome and Rondon again like you used to.

[deborah gormley]

@moyashi,,, lolol:happy:

[Olivia]

all countries are different, having their own characteristics. what we have to do is respect them all, learning, teaching and even laughing (in the case of engrish! :)) about them.
sometimes it is hard to understand some customs, some beliefs, some habits, but i believe that's what makes everything so interesting. and that doesn't mean it's some kind of prejudice - it's just the other way round: interest! :cool:
and engrish certainly has this effect on me! ;) it makes me curious, and as moyashi said, 'japan has brought life to english by way of engrish'.
and the more you learn, the richer you become!

if i left an impression that i was pushing too hard, i'm sorry! :sorry: never meant that! :)

[moyashi]

pushing too hard? where? I didn't notice.

I'm pretty rough on Japan but it's because that I like the country.

[Olivia]

@pushing hard
well, then it's ok! ;)

@ roughness
i feel the same way, moyashi!
i think it's the same with people, the more you like someone/thing, the more you care about him/her/it. hence you start to have a more critic view. :)

[moyashi]

Actually for me it's not really a critical view but I become more relax and say things with less care and caution. Oh course, I would never say anything on purpose to hurt someone, I do it enough by accident. Even in a verbal argument with a friend or loved one, I never say anything that would serious hurt, although, once again I'm sure I say enough stupid things.

Strange ... normally I'm not so cautious yet in a fight I hold back on using dangerous knowledge. hmmmm

[georget98]

From the feature length anime Metropolis:

http://www.egeorgeonline.com/images/metlopolis.jpg

I couldn't get a screen shot with my DVD software, my son has my good digital camera, so this is off the screen with a web cam. If you can't read it, it says Robot Storage, Metlopolis Police Department.

[Olivia]

hehehe!
:cool: