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It's the most widely spoken language in the world - but to non-native speakers, English can be horribly confusing.
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And attempts to communicate often end hilariously lost in translation.
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, v( f/ o) B" Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNow a website has compiled a list of the funniest and most bizarre English translations discovered by travellers around the world.公仔箱論壇0 Q+ p" q7 @$ v1 q8 `4 c
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Come again! We're not quite sure what message the writer of this particular sign advertising drinking cups is trying to get across TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。- `; [: _. X8 @/ Y2 x. |
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8 k6 Z# A2 L4 S0 ~5.39.217.76Tempting treat: This Korean restaurant appears to have invented a whole new method of cooking. Just don't tell Heston Blumenthal
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3 n. P8 W# L" q8 ?公仔箱論壇They include a bra advertised in Japan as 'dairy comfort'; a warning in Indonesia about an 'accident porn area' and a supermarket sign that bizarrely just reads 'a time sex thing'.
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T. k& \5 }( e% U; DThe signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: O( V4 A+ w: J: S! Q U
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$ X2 r: U7 X2 |- k5.39.217.76They've made a boob: Perhaps these Korean bras are designed with breast-feeding mothers in mind
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Extraordinary telephone? This sign appears to be instructions in the event of an emergency. Let's just pray it never happens 公仔箱論壇/ {. N* x: I- G. F
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Emergency Exist! The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels
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Tread lightly: Chinese people are known for their modesty but who would have guessed even the grass is ashamed to smile?
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They include linguistic mishaps like the South Korean restaurant meal called 'crotch steamed dish'. and an emergency exit accidentally labelled 'emergency exist'.
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And truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.2 I9 i6 n; E* A! N* D5 ]; F
/ d. I: ]( d# K8 v6 ?! |One read: 'The small grass is feel ashamed to smile, please don’t bother it', while another says: 'Dear. Don’t Trample Me.'
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Others atttempts at English are are simply unexplainable, like the sign found on a bus in Beijing, China that reads: 'Please Take the Initiative for Bringing Invalidity Pregnant Parks.'
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( a8 {" L( ]6 N( t) R" W* T公仔箱論壇Deary me: Another hilariously written sign from China f* e( l1 r I: @ @& O
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Bum deal: This Japanese sign certainly shouldn't be taken literally5.39.217.76! L# s7 ]0 T, S- d; l
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Maybe it's.. Park, reads the sign above this Chinese eatery, but more likely it's just a load of old gobledegook
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7 k T9 b$ j; j$ Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA mistake... or perhaps it was it a stroke of genius? We'd imagine many drivers would slow down after catching a glimpse of this
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& _3 j8 F$ ^. ?0 [3 n5 M- @' v( ~Tramps' delight: There's no place quite like it |
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