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Shanghai Is Trying to Untangle the Mangled English of Chinglish
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| 5/4/2010
| NYT
Posted on 05/04/2010 12:18:27 PM PDT by mainsail that
SHANGHAI For English speakers with subpar Chinese skills, daily life in China offers a confounding array of choices. At banks, there are machines for cash withdrawing and cash recycling. The menus of local restaurants might present such delectables as fried enema, monolithic tree mushroom stem squid and a mysterious thirst-quencher known as The Jews Ear Juice. Those who have had a bit too much monolithic tree mushroom stem squid could find themselves requiring roomier attire: extra-large sizes sometimes come in fatso or lard bucket categories. These and other fashions can be had at the clothing chain known as Scat.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china
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To: mainsail that
Chinglish is often quite funny.
Here's some pics I took of a menu
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posted on
05/04/2010 12:21:28 PM PDT
by
Malsua
To: mainsail that; Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!; Daffynition
The menus of local restaurants might present such delectables as fried enema, monolithic tree mushroom stem squid and a mysterious thirst-quencher known as The Jews Ear Juice. Soup's on!
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posted on
05/04/2010 12:25:23 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
To: Malsua
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posted on
05/04/2010 12:27:01 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
To: Malsua
Ah did not have sex with that cow river.
To: Malsua
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posted on
05/04/2010 12:29:13 PM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: mainsail that
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posted on
05/04/2010 12:29:25 PM PDT
by
nhoward14
(A mind is a terrible thing to waste. That is why Obama gave his away.)
To: mainsail that
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posted on
05/04/2010 12:30:06 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: mainsail that
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posted on
05/04/2010 12:36:00 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: mainsail that
I loves me a bucket of lard.
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posted on
05/04/2010 12:36:22 PM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
("The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants"-Albert Camus)
To: Malsua
As much as I love my dog and dogs in general, I would have to try the “5 dog meat D noodle soup”.
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posted on
05/04/2010 12:49:54 PM PDT
by
Chubby
To: WOBBLY BOB
I loves me a bucket of lard.
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posted on
05/04/2010 12:50:42 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: Chubby
Well, that restaurant is in Fuyong which is in Guangdong and Guangdongians love their dog meat, so it’s going to be authentic Fido. It’s seasonal though, apparently dog meat heats up your insides so they only serve it in winter.
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posted on
05/04/2010 12:57:36 PM PDT
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Malsua
To: Malsua
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:15:17 PM PDT
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: mainsail that
As a person who lives half-time in Shanghai (I'm in the US for May, I'm avoiding the chaos that is the opening of the World's Expo) I can tell you that their level of Chinglish is quite good; about the best you'll find in China.
As way of comparison, I found the following 2 meter tall sign in the window of a very successful (they had about 60 students and a dozen teachers inside at the time) private English school in Shenzhen:
I didn't have the heart to go and correct the three mistakes, being just an engineer and all...
But it does explain the Chinglish results, given that the teachers they hire miss such easy errors on their own advertisement! I guess if you can't do, teach. If you can't teach, complain to the union. If even the union doesn't back you, go to China and teach!
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05/04/2010 1:28:05 PM PDT
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PugetSoundSoldier
(Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
To: Chubby
As much as I love my dog and dogs in general, I would have to try the 5 dog meat D noodle soup. Best dog I've eaten was in South Korea, but when it comes to donkey or horse no one beats the Mongolians!
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05/04/2010 1:29:05 PM PDT
by
PugetSoundSoldier
(Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
To: Malsua
LOL - **** to fry the cow river.
I’m dyin’ over here. LOL!!!
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:31:16 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Never trust anyone who points their ass at God while praying.)
To: mainsail that
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posted on
05/04/2010 1:54:25 PM PDT
by
redhead
("If you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." --Ronald W. Reagan)
To: a fool in paradise
a mysterious thirst-quencher known as The Jews Ear Juice. I wonder if it's kosher.
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posted on
05/04/2010 2:38:45 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(At what point will average Democrats say their leaders have gone too far? Is there any limit?)
To: PugetSoundSoldier
no one beats the Mongolians How do they taste?
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posted on
05/04/2010 2:43:04 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(At what point will average Democrats say their leaders have gone too far? Is there any limit?)
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