Commercial English Gaffes

[Insight]

Cinema at the emporium: They have paintings of famous actors on the left wall as you walk in past the ticket guys..The guy from Harry Potter is called Daniel "Ladcliffe"

Very sad indeed.

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Bit off topic, but heard something else about the Emporium this week. While all the hi-so wannabe shoppers were walking around, they were playing the uncensored version of that (awful) "F* you, I don't want you back" tune over the PA system.

How apt.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

There is such a wealth of such signs, brochures and advertisements in Thailand  with English so poor that it often becomes unintentionally funny.  An English teacher with a camera could amuse and instruct his classes by taking snapshots ......

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Most of the English teachers I know would probably not notice the mistakes

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[DJ Pat]

When is Asoke spelt Asok or vice versa?

What about Aon Nuch, Onnuj, On Nut, which is all the same place??

[joe beets]

Hope this isn't too OT

Sign in staircase of 2nd Class Railway Foriegner Advance Booking Office in Calcutta:

DO NOT SPITE

jb

[IMA_FARANG]

When is Asoke spelt Asok or vice versa?

What about Aon Nuch, Onnuj, On Nut, which is all the same place??

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I once saw a notice in a hotel in Pattaya.

It was trying to warn people not to smoke in bed.

The sign was a cigerette in a red circle with an X through it.

The English said,"Hey you, be safety life in bed."

Does anyone know about the Far Eastern Economic Review?

They always have a page called "Traveller's Tales" which has stories about mistranslations from/into English.

One of my favorites was the sign in a Malay hotel that didn't want female guests in single male's rooms.

It said, "Hotel guests must not entertain unescorted young women in their rooms. A place is reserved in the hotel reception area for that purpose."

Rather kind of them I thought.

Edited April 9, 2005 by IMA_FARANG

[penzman]

I've got a much better one coming when I find my cam's memory stick tomorrow.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

A daimond wheel.

[simon43]

I saw a sign on one of the street-sellers in Soi 4 last night. Atop a large pile of crispy grasshoppers it read 'grass shoppers!'

[penzman]

How about the name of this home decorating tv show

[dr_Pat_Pong]

I want one

[penzman]

This one would leave many customers wondering about the purpose of this ad...

And why is the monkey laughing?

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Company product in his hand ? Maybe

[DJ Pat]

What about this one then-

daimond

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[dr_Pat_Pong]

What about this one then-

daimond

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I hadn't heard of a daimond before

[Boon Mee]

I want one 

Which, doc, the bed or the .....?

[bangkokian]

There's a TV show by the name"you know me a little go"--a deliberate literal translation of "khun roo chak chan noi pai"

[dr_Pat_Pong]

I want one 

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Which, doc, the bed or the .....?

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