What's the opposite of Engrish?

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Postby Umbrelladown » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:43 pm

There's something I think could be classified under "reverse engrish" in the food court of my local mall :

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1.Why would a restaurant want to call itself "soy sauce Japan"?
2. The circle thingie is gibberish, and is not a hiragana, katakana, or kanji to my knowledge. And then next to it is the hiragana for "ma"... puzzled I am.

edit: and I know it's not a franchise by the way, I looked.

Answer: most japanese resturaunts/sushi bars in my city are Korean owned. (Nothing implied against that, other than the misuse of Nihongo.)
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Postby emperor » Wed May 16, 2007 5:00 am

[size=84]Every fight is a food fight...
...when you're a cannibal[/SIZE]
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Postby Greji » Wed May 16, 2007 10:07 am

"There are those that learn by reading. Then a few who learn by observation. The rest have to piss on an electric fence and find out for themselves!"- Will Rogers
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Postby Iraira » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:03 pm

Takechanpoo:
"Yeah, I've been always awkward toward women and have spent pathetic life so far but I could graduate from being a cherry boy by using geisha's pussy at last! Yeah!! And off course I have an account in Fuckedgaijin.com. Yeah!!!"
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Postby Taro Toporific » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:33 pm

...men's underwear from a band that holds the penis upward worldwide patented internal race, inhibits bacteria and odors coming from the stuffiness corruption.
Men's underwear for women is to be directed upwards for women


"Upward"? Damn, it'll stick out of my underwear and trousers.
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Postby Coligny » Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:36 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:"Upward"? Damn, it'll stick out of my underwear and trousers.


My solution was to go commando...
Marion Marechal nous voila !

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ni oubli ni pardon

never forgive never forget/ for you illiterate kapitalist pigs


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Postby Greji » Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:15 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:"Upward"? Damn, it'll stick out of my underwear and trousers.


I just hung a coat hanger on my shirt collar and draped my johnson over it. Also makes for a nice airing if you already got your basic fungus and crotch rot.....
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Postby Taro Toporific » Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:45 pm

bikkle wrote:Hanzi Smatter ...dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters in western culture


Screenshot from the 2011-01-02 issue of 'Mental Floss" magazine (pgs. 21-76)
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Postby sublight » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:00 am

Greji wrote:I just hung a coat hanger on my shirt collar and draped my johnson over it. Also makes for a nice airing if you already got your basic fungus and crotch rot.....
:cool:


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