Engrish.com

[industrial_girl_2000]

As much as we like to put Chinese characters all over our T-shirts, etc. over here in the US, have you ever thought about what these characters actually MEAN? Well, the Orientals love our alphabet too, and sometimes that yields some very funny results. Enjoy!

http://www.engrish.com/

[GothicRavenGoddess (3)]

[n0Mad]

Engrish + Photoshop = a lot of fun

X music video = a fucking hilarious good time

[Msterbeau]

I have to learn Engrish for work.

[Head Wreck]

a lot of the kit coming into the scene now is Chinese copies of japanese guns.

so were getting Japanese translated into Mandarin, then into English, by what looks to be the power of Babelfish.

some of it is funny as feck

[industrial_girl_2000]

I have to learn Engrish for work.

You and I are in the same boat, LOL!

[Slept with ghost]

I have been going here for years. This website has happy end!

[industrial_girl_2000]

Nota bene: I don't believe that many asians like to be referred to as "Orientals". The Orient is actually Turkey and other 'near east' countries if you know the history of the term. Even then it is more often used to describe things rather than people.

I already know that.

About me: I work with a bunch of Japanese & Chinese people. The thing is, engrish.com does not *just* have Japanese and Chinese "engrish." There are also many Korean (and possibly other) forms of engrish on there as well.

If I had said it was only Japanese & Chinese, then someone would have said, "but there are Korean things on there too, not just Japanese & Chinese."

So my attempt at using the term "oriental" was to encompass ALL forms of Kana from the far east that do NOT look like our romanized letters.

[Msterbeau]

I already know that.

About me: I work with a bunch of Japanese & Chinese people. The thing is, engrish.com does not *just* have Japanese and Chinese "engrish." There are also many Korean (and possibly other) forms of engrish on there as well.

If I had said it was only Japanese & Chinese, then someone would have said, "but there are Korean things on there too, not just Japanese & Chinese."

So my attempt at using the term "oriental" was to encompass ALL forms of Kana from the far east that do NOT look like our romanized letters.

I think "asian" is the more "correct" catch-all.

[n0Mad]

I have to learn Engrish for work.

At least it's not Japtuckian like your old job.

[Msterbeau]

At least it's not Japtuckian like your old job.

I have to know that too. Our admin offices are down in Kentucky...

[industrial_girl_2000]

I have to know that too. Our admin offices are down in Kentucky...

Lucky you!

[Msterbeau]

Lucky you!

I really, really hope you're being sarcastic.

[industrial_girl_2000]

I really, really hope you're being sarcastic.

Not at all.

jk!

On the bright side, your work email addy lists to Kentucky will be very short due to low variety of last names.

[Msterbeau]

Not at all.

jk!

On the bright side, your work email addy lists to Kentucky will be very short due to low variety of last names.