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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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Now a website has compiled a list of the funniest and most bizarre English translations discovered by travellers around the world.
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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
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1 [; ^# W, T) uTempting treat: This Korean restaurant appears to have invented a whole new method of cooking. Just don't tell Heston Blumenthal
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; x8 k: s; w- r% I: I: f, TTVBNOW 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。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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: E$ c9 ~- l- lThe signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels.
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9 m9 f+ Q2 q! B$ ^; `) n- T4 Q' b: Y5.39.217.76Invalidity Pregnant Parks: There's definitely an important message here, we're just not quite sure what it is
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- o! h |* W4 L0 d: X7 g1 v& j pTVBNOW 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。They've made a boob: Perhaps these Korean bras are designed with breast-feeding mothers in mindTVBNOW 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。/ I# w9 S/ r" X/ K
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/ l6 `; z/ }9 `4 B& {* Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbExtraordinary telephone? This sign appears to be instructions in the event of an emergency. Let's just pray it never happens 5 z% e6 ?# B' a( G2 x8 c
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& l* @% h8 B ^6 T5.39.217.76Emergency 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 The signs have been archived by Engrish.com and they've gone viral as internet-users share them with friends and send in other wacky suggestions they've found themselves on their travels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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. S E( S2 A% w M0 ^: g1 N4 l1 E公仔箱論壇And truly bizarre Chinese signs warning pedestrians to keep off the grass.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; I5 R. x9 p+ f7 e3 p7 |
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3 Z" v4 w6 {& _- ] v5.39.217.76Others 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.'公仔箱論壇, ^ v& Q% G6 `5 |2 N
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- B5 a0 B* Y' y* a/ R' `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDeary me: Another hilariously written sign from China 4 d9 C, J2 e w6 O5 Q6 Q
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% O* x% h* ~$ r( P* atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBum deal: This Japanese sign certainly shouldn't be taken literally6 Y$ G/ ]: e. s' ?
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A mistake... or perhaps it was it a stroke of genius? We'd imagine many drivers would slow down after catching a glimpse of this tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 K" G) l, \. l
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