Engrish signs

[Ketou]

[devicenull]

there is too much of this shit. while funny, it gets old (and your english gets almost as bad after long enough)

[kurohinge1]

there is too much of this shit. while funny, it gets old (and your english gets almost as bad after long enough)

Actually, I like to see examples the other way - "eihongo"? - where a western product / person has stuffed up translating into Japanese ... and it's funny.

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Or even some cultural blunders either way, like this one from I18nguy.com:

Honda Fitta/Jazz/Fit

Car maker Honda introduced their new car "Fitta" in the Nordic countries during 2001, only to find out that "fitta" is an old word, currently used in vulgar language to refer to a woman's genitals in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. It was renamed to "Honda Jazz" for the Nordic market.
According to newspaper articles, Japanese ads said that "[Fitta] is small on the outside, but large on the inside".

It's now called the Honda Fit in Japanese markets ...

[tetsujin gaijin]

The best website to post engrish stuff is http://www.engrish.com

[kurohinge1]

On another tangent, the rule for translating movie titles appears to be stick something about love in there , no matter what the title was .

From Japanese.about.com ...

English Title Japanese Title (translation)

Sleeping with the Enemy Ai ga kowareru toki (When love is broken)

Something to Talk About Ai ni mayotta toki (When lost in love)

Dying Young Ai no sentaku (The choice of love)

Final Analysis Ai to iu na no giwaku (The suspicion named love)

Out of Africa Ai to kanashimi no hate (The end of love and sorrow)

An Officer and A Gentleman Ai to seishun no tabidachi (The departure of love and youth)

Dead Again Ai to shi no aida de (In between love and death)

Children of a Lesser God Ai wa shizukesa no naka ni (Love is in the silence)

Shadow Lands Eien no ai ni ikite (Living in the lasting love)

Mad Dog and Glory Koi ni ochitara (When falling in love)

The Fabulous Baker Boys Koi no yukue (The place love has gone)

As Good As It Gets Renai shousetsuka (A romance novel writer)

[Neo-Rio]

Interesting observation. I guess the Japanese are starved of love, and women make most of the video choices.

[bunchoffuckinggoofs]

Fascinating. Marketing folks are bloody clever. I reckon Japanese women control about 90 percent of spending in families so "love" must sell.

[American Oyaji]

Theyv'e also got an old obaasan writing the titles as well.

[bunchoffuckinggoofs]

I would have thought that they had a "young" obasan writing the titles.

[nullpointer]

[kurohinge1]

. . .

"Serial Fucker" - is that a sailor with 9 girls in each harbour - (ie: "9 holes per port")?

[dimwit]

The reality that the mother of some ten year old girl is going to buy it for her daughter because she likes the colors.

[FG Lurker]

That's a classic shirt! Where can I get one?

[Taro Toporific]

That's a classic shirt! Where can I get one?

Engrish t-shirts work both ways... I once convinced a van load of Japanese and Taiwanese girls on a summer school field trip to buy and wear these T-shirts.

[nullpointer]

That's a classic shirt! Where can I get one?

The pic was taken in Thailand, so your hunt will have to begin there.