Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

GO DETROID!

(click here to see the 'Detroid' shirt found at a department store in South Korea)

All I can say...

That only scratches the surface. If you want to really dig into some slaughtered English, then head to:

http://engrish.com/

and surf through that site for a few hours. Hoo Boy.

Now, a ridiculous bootleg Family Guy DVD made in China, and found in Vietnam.

WOW! really? how bad, there must have been about 17 "O" keys on there keyboard!

illinoistrains wrote: WOW! really? how bad, there must have been about 17 "O" keys on there keyboard!

My favorites from that thing:

dohing=doting

boofy=goofy

lovoblo off=lovable doof

& xan't=can't.

luke wrote: lovoblo off=lovable doof

I got "oaf" out of "off," but either way...

Bad translating is hardly limited to the Asians.

Several years ago, General Motors tried marketing the Chevy Nova in Mexico and Latin America, without changing the name of the car. Only after several months of horrible sales did the brass at GM realize that No Va in Spanish means "Doesn't go".

gedunk wrote:Bad translating is hardly limited to the Asians.

Several years ago, General Motors tried marketing the Chevy Nova in Mexico and Latin America, without changing the name of the car. Only after several months of horrible sales did the brass at GM realize that No Va in Spanish means "Doesn't go".

Sorry to burst the bubble, but that example you just described is fake.

It's comparable to a European dining room set called 'Notable' not selling simply because people interpreted the name as
"No Table."