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14 March 2006

May I take your order? We've seen them all before, but this time, an anonymous professor of Chinese studies explains the peculiar phraseology of what just might be the best Engrish menu ever.

post by: nyterrant at: 01:03 | 9 comments

Oh that is sweet. My fave had to be the Cowboy Leg Beautiful Pole.

posted by nomis 14 March | 01:42

Damn, on reading the comments it seems everyone said that. Well, I may be unoriginal, but at least I was prompt.

posted by nomis 14 March | 01:45

That restaurant owner is just trying to make a living. I'd like to see how most of those commenters, the anonymous professor included, would do if they were in his shoes.

posted by halonine 14 March | 03:33

Oh man, unintentional cultural missteps are so funny. hehehe.

posted by sciurus 14 March | 08:53

Dude, deja vu....still funny though. And I'm sure I would do just as bad if I was trying to speak a foreign language. I would hope that everybody would laugh with me at how bad I was vs at me.

posted by LunaticFringe 14 March | 10:36

Damn, I posted this earlier and asked for better translations.

But where are they? That second link (in "professor of Chinese studies") points at the middle of main post with the menu images and comments.

posted by loquacious 14 March | 12:13

Oh man, sorry about the double.

posted by nyterrant 15 March | 01:59

Eh, double? Oh, right. I could give a wet fart. :) It's funny enough to deserve a few posts.

No, what I really care about is where are these new translations found at? I'm probably blind and/or stupid or something, and just missed them.

posted by loquacious 15 March | 03:30

I'd like to see how most of those commenters, the anonymous professor included, would do if they were in his shoes.
They would do better than this, if they put at least a minimal amount of effort into it. Really. It is not hard to cross-check your work at least to the point where it doesn't contain stuff like "black bowels" and "fuck silk" and "staghssd noodle".

posted by Wolfdog 15 March | 05:22

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