Ireland's most wanted..

[Drew]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899171.stm?lss

:rotflmao: I spent probably a good half an hour laughing my arse of to that :rotflmao:

[donKey jote]

me too, classic :laugh:

I guess a certain Miguel Ratón is still being looked for in the UK too :erm:

[Tazio]

Ben Dover is running roughshod all over the states :laugh:

[BDunnell]

Reminds me of the story of the restaurant in China that wanted an English translation of its name in readiness for Western visitors during the Olympics, went online to get one, and ended up with a sign reading 'Translate Server Error'.

[Cooper_S]

I understand Kangaroo was a mistranslation.... or is that a myth

[Tazio]

Reminds me of the story of the restaurant in China that wanted an English translation of its name in readiness for Western visitors during the Olympics, went online to get one, and ended up with a sign reading 'Translate Server Error'.A Vietnamese Buffet opened up close to my home (San Diego) many years ago with a big Banner advertising
"You Can Eat All" :laugh:

[Easy Drifter]

Anybody who has tried to assemble a product made in China (or most oriental countries) where the instructions have not been vetted by a westener can tell of some very interesting instuctions.
Such as 'wall into plug insert.' or 'Product meets all eletrocution standards.'

[leopard]

Terrorists usually use lots of alias...

[leopard]

They might use that improper use of words by intention. I found a word of musification instead of the right one specification to advertise a non music-related-product as their attempt to make strong linkage between their product and music. It's a strategy. :)

[Donney]

Check this for translation mistakes:

http://www.engrish.com/

[Eki]

I wonder if they have caught the Finn named Ajokortti Körkort yet.

[Eki]

I understand Kangaroo was a mistranslation.... or is that a myth
Canada got its name when an immigrant pointed at a native village and asked a native what do they call the place and the native answered they call it "canada" (meant village in the native language).

[Cooper_S]

Great name for a country... but that make Canadians the Village People...?

I also heard that the Kola bear should be just the Kola as Kola mean bear...

[donKey jote]

Reminds me of the story of the restaurant in China that wanted an English translation of its name in readiness for Western visitors during the Olympics, went online to get one, and ended up with a sign reading 'Translate Server Error'.

Wasn't there an embarassing story in Wales recently, where a traffic sign actually meant "I am currently out of office" or something ? :laugh:

edit: ha! found it :D
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7702913.stm

which also mentions another classic:
• In the same year, a sign for pedestrians in Cardiff reading 'Look Right' in English read 'Look Left' in Welsh.

[Easy Drifter]

Names can also be interesting.
As some of you know our store was in the town of Waubaushene on Georgian Bay. Some of the pronunciations, especially by those whose first tongue was not English were pretty funny. That is not a knock. Some Cdns. couldn't pronounce it either.
It is the English spelling of an Ojibway word meaning 'rocky marsh'. Anybody who has tried to navigate the local waters without staying in the marked channel or having local knowledge understands why!
Good for the local marina repair shops though.
Didn't hurt our fishing tackle sales either with a lot of lost lures and the odd broken rod when they got the line hung up on a rock.

[Mark in Oshawa]

Great name for a country... but that make Canadians the Village People...?

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I don't know about you guys but I am scared if I meet Easy Drifter he might be wearing a hard hat and tool belt.....

[Captain VXR]

Check this for translation mistakes:

http://www.engrish.com/

http://engrishfunny.com/
This one is better :)

[Easy Drifter]

Nah. More likely wearing mocassins, buckskin and with a scalping knife.

[leopard]

I am very tolerant against mistakes such as mistype unless it bears wrong different definition. The biggest error we may consider unacceptable english if It failed to distinguish verb and adv/adj, relating to the use in the sentence with or without 'to be' as the use of it may indicate an active and passive form.

Look at these:
I am eaten
I am slept

However we can't judge someone english because of influence of their culture or mother language. I don't have problem with an old friend from Afghanistan used to write me in capital.

Atop of above, we can't decide someone English is understandable if in fact ourselves who can't understand the words, idiomatic phrase, or any form of English we are not familiar with. :)

[Tazio]

When did this thread turn serious :confused: ;)

[Drew]

I am very tolerant against mistakes such as mistype unless it bears wrong different definition. The biggest error we may consider unacceptable english if It failed to distinguish verb and adv/adj, relating to the use in the sentence with or without 'to be' as the use of it may indicate an active and passive form.

Look at these:
I am eaten
I am slept

However we can't judge someone english because of influence of their culture or mother language. I don't have problem with an old friend from Afghanistan used to write me in capital.

Atop of above, we can't decide someone English is understandable if in fact ourselves who can't understand the words, idiomatic phrase, or any form of English we are not familiar with. :)

You've just made a huge ironic post, whether you realise it or not :confused:

[leopard]

You've just made a huge ironic post, whether you realise it or not :confused:

:confused:

[SOD]

those crafty Poles. :erm:


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