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Photo courtesy of Sylvester. Found in Taiwan. 

I spit on your grave mama!

Ad found in the Netherlands. The Dutch word “die” means “that one”.  Filed under “Almost Engrish”.

Photo courtesy of Laurens Smit. 

English transliterations of Chinese names can cause trouble…

Yew know what?  Fook yew!

You phouc hing market!

Just fook kit, fook kit all!

Submitter Fredrik writes in:

“Yesterday I was walking the streets of Guangzhou China when I all of a sudden met a girl with this t-shirt…” 

You may recall this brog post about swastikas used as design elements in East Asia. The above sample is definitely not the symbol for a temple, but the woman pictured likely has no idea what it really represents.

Photo courtesy of Fredrik Bengtsson. 

Variations of this photo have been sent in a number of times, but I think this is the best of the lot. Gotta love the juxtaposition.

Spotted in China.

As a special thanks we have coupons good for 10% off any order you place this holiday season:

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If you have lots of shopping to do, you can use this next coupon for 15% off any order totaling over $50.00:

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In for some mega-Engrish shopping? Try this one for 20% off any order totaling over $75.00!

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Type in any of the above coupon codes as applicable during checkout.

The last two coupons will only work with purchases totaling over $50 or $75, but the first coupon above will work with any order. All 3 coupons are good until the end of this year.

We also have a new book on sale: “Signspotting 4″. The book is on sale for 15% off the cover price (no coupon necessary), and you can buy our books in three different bundled sets to save even more. Complete the correction – have a purchase!

Other New Products!

2012 build-your-own calendar – a choice is made!

2012 poster calendar – contains close to 60 Engrish all-stars!

Greeting cards – Someone set up us the greeting!

Posters – 5 new poster designs – each only $9.95!

Limited Reissue Shirts – 4 classic designs brought back.

Let’s shopping vehemently at the Engrish.com Store!

At first glance this appears to be fairly standard Engrish found on a body sponge often seen in cheap business hotels and “love hotels” in Japan. Upon closer inspection though, the ‘Engrish’ was taken from the lyrics of a Simon and Garfunkel song entitled “The Dangling Conversation” (one of my personal favorites from them). They still couldn’t help but misspell it though…

Photo courtesy of HP Chua. Found in an Osaka hotel room. Japanese says: “Add water and the sponge will grow in size”. 

On another note, one reason that there has been a lack of Brog posts recently is because of spam issues I have been having with comments. Everyone’s legitimate comments were going straight in the spam folder and I couldn’t retrive them. This has *hopefully* been fixed. Please comment again!

Engrish.com gives you the warm chance to win! The ticket!

Interested in a free trip to go see the new hit Broadway show CHINGLISH? Enter to win a trip to New York City and see the play New York Magazine calls “A triumph in any language! CHINGLISH is sexy, fun and hilarious!” by visiting the official CHINGLISH Facebook fan page here. All you have to do is “Like” CHINGLISH and submit
your email address*. The winner will receive a pair of tickets to the show on December 7, 2011, round trip airfare (within the continental US) and accommodations at New York’s luxury hotel, The Iroquois.

For more information about the show visit: ChinglishBroadway.com.

If you experience any problems entering within the CHINGLISH Facebook page, you can also enter here.

* Email address is necessary for notification purposes only. Your email will not be used in any other way.

Engrish.com is not affiliated with Chinglish on Broadway, we just think it is a great show and wanted to share this opportunity with Engrish.com fans!

Photo courtesy of Janet. Made in China, but found in Toronto.