Fireproof forest region

(17 comments

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   3:01 am Mista Bob Dobalina says:

   Don’t know much of Chinese, but from my knowledge of Chinese characters used in Japanese, the original of this “Fireproof Forest Region” says “Forestries Fire Protection Area” or something like that.

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   5:56 am L says:

   I laughed at “Beijing Badaling”.

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   6:50 am Ageless says:

   And what’s inflammable then? The sign itself?

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   8:04 am Hirayuki says:

   I think the “fireproof forest” part means more like “fire prevention”, so “Practice Fire Prevention: Forest Area”.

   As for “inflammable”, it just means something can burn. Here in the States, the prefix “in-” often denotes the negative: “inexcusable”, “inconceivable”. That’s a problem with “inflammable”, so you’ll usually see it without the prefix. Not that the word “inflame” should be a factor or anything…

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   8:31 am anonymous says:

   I understand Chinese. After I read the sign, I believe it wanted to say
   “fire-resistant forest”. I can’t find the exact term in English, but the so-called “fire-resistant forest” actually means, deliberatey plant a forest with trees that are relatively difficult to burn, so that in case there is a wildfire, the “fire-resistant forest” would slow down the wildfire.

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   8:33 am anonymous says:

   And for the second line “inflammable”, it actually wanted to say “no fire is allowed”.

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   9:16 am Big Fat Cat says:

   Hot babes not allowed to go in

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   11:13 am B3llit0 says:

   The Comic Sans at the top of the sign is all I can think about now.

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   12:50 pm Rigoletto says:

   I’m guessing they meant to say you can’t start a fire in the forest.

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    2:19 pm Adelaide says:

    When you come to think about it this is still Engrish enough to be considered Engrish

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    3:40 pm A person says:

    I’m a Chinese and I think it actually counts as Engrish, because what’s printed in Chinese doesn’t tally with the English. First line should be as Mista Bob Dobalina said it: forest fire protection area. Second line means fire/flame strictly prohibited.

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    5:07 pm Gertrude says:

    I think the ‘engrish’ part is that the sign is contradicting itself. Inflammable means very flammable, not fireproof.

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    4:09 pm Wolverine Girl says:

    “Inflammable means flammable? What a country!” – Dr Nick Riviera

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    8:53 pm Lollerskate says:

    It is fireproof because FIRE IS IN A SAFE HAND.

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    11:34 pm boooom says:

    Badaling
    badabing
    badaboom

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    7:09 am Blaze says:

    Wolverine girl beat me to Dr. Nick.

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    11:10 am Tom Reingold says:

    I think they mean fireprone, not fireproof.

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