Hatrack River Forum: Everything You've always wanted to know about Engrish

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Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

My first ever dobbie...

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

That site is hours of entertainment [Big Grin]

Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :

wow, not only is there a sign called "born to be chicken" in the "engrish from other countries" (korean) section, the korean above it is:

"bohn too bee chee keen"

Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :

My buddy worked in Japan for a while, and he says the best one he ever saw was a Japanese web search engine that had adopted and renamed a famous animated woodpecker as their mascot. The mascot's name?
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Woody The Internet Pecker

[ April 28, 2004, 09:24 PM: Message edited by: skillery ]

Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :

Heh. It's been a while since somebody linked to there.

Is it wrong that that site cracks me up? [Angst]

Shoulda known better than to browse their pics while drinking a soda. [Grumble]

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

Hey, why are these smilies all YELLOW? Is this some kind of conspiracy?