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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 [...]

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 [...]

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

Be safe this Halloween – don’t get caught at one of these Helloween parties… Photo courtesy of Guy Dagata. Found in Toyota City, Japan.

Taken at a zoo in Seoul, South Korea. Photo courtesy of K.H.

Japanese stationery often has random sayings on them, but at least the messages are usually positive (ex. “Love!”, “peace”).  Not sure what the thought process was for this one… Photo courtesy of Rachel Hamilton. Stationery found in Japan.