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chinglish - 5/8/2010 6:53:08 AM   
sophia37


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Status: offline 		I got a huge kick out of these photos I found in the NYTimes. The lead in says this:

"For the last two years, the Shanghai Commission for the Management of Language Use has been trying to clean up English-language signs and menus to rid them of their malapropisms, like these examples."

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/05/03/world/asia/20100503_CHINGLISH.html?src=me&ref=homepage
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RE: chinglish - 5/8/2010 6:55:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		I hope they never 'get it right' there is something oddly endearing about their massacre of the english langague.

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RE: chinglish - 5/8/2010 7:11:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		oops. I put this under the wrong forum. Sorry! Should be off topic not general. But I see where I went wrong. lol

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RE: chinglish - 5/8/2010 7:27:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		It'll get moved I'm sure. Those were hilarious....in the same vein one of my favorite sites is http://engrishfunny.com/

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RE: chinglish - 5/8/2010 7:47:17 AM   
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RE: chinglish - 5/8/2010 9:06:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		Smart Noshery Makes You Slobber. I kinda get how that could translate from good eatery with mouth watering food. But, The Jews Ear Juice, I just cant figure. Whats the guess on whats the juice in that can? 

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RE: chinglish - 5/8/2010 10:23:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here's the article that goes with the photos. Cant see how I missed it, but its worth reading as well.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/world/asia/03chinglish.html?pagewanted=1

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RE: chinglish - 5/8/2010 12:54:36 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: sophia37
But, The Jews Ear Juice, I just cant figure. Whats the guess on whats the juice in that can?

Actually, that one wasn't a mistranslation. Apparently, "Jew's Ear" is the name of a fungus. It is mixed with some other things, and sold as a beverage. http://newatlasbev.com/450/juice/jews-ear-juice/

My favourite mistranslation I've run into in person was on the menu at a Mexican restaurant. The description of a seafood combination dish that included squid, crab, shrimp, and mussels claimed that it would "come to life in your stomach.!"

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RE: chinglish - 5/8/2010 4:20:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well thanks! I just forwarded that little piece of info., to other people who remarked about Jews ears. That was interesting. I'm glad you posted it. Learning new stuff all the time I guess. lol

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RE: chinglish - 5/8/2010 5:49:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		thanks i also support the slaughtering of the english language. it will be a sad day when they get it all right.
for laughs i sometimes visit engrish.com it's a site totally dedicated to this sort of english massacre

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RE: chinglish - 5/9/2010 6:23:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		I really had no idea there was so much stuff out there on Engrish or Chinglish. Or that there was a best selling book with just that as the context and content. Or even now that there's a science to it! Im amazed that theres so much in this world I do not know and will never know. I guess that why I like to stop in here and have a look around. Collarme in general offers up some interesting ideas and commentary on so many thoughts ideas and happenings.

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RE: chinglish - 5/9/2010 6:53:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		Chinglish sounds like a language spoken by children.





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RE: chinglish - 5/9/2010 6:56:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		www.engrish.com


Ohhhh I saw a sign today that said "we make you dream in your mouth."

mmm hmmm. I bet you do.



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RE: chinglish - 5/10/2010 10:03:30 PM   
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RE: chinglish - 5/11/2010 10:12:45 AM   
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