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Aramas
Joined: 13 Feb 2004
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I always liked the sign on a car repair workshop in Melbourne:
"Specialising in all makes and models" |
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khmerhit
Joined: 31 May 2003
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Location: Reverse Culture Shock Unit
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 12:43 am Post subject: |
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 is it redundant, you mean?
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Aramas
Joined: 13 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 1:31 am Post subject: |
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is it redundant, you mean?
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You can't 'specialise' in everything. That would be 'generalising'.
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lostinparis
Joined: 04 Feb 2004
Posts: 77
Location: within range of a flying baguette
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:25 am Post subject: |
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A sign at a Chinese fish market in downtown Los Angeles:
TODAY'S SPECIAL
FRESH CRAP - 3.99/pound |
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Kitegirl
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
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Location: Lugdunum Batavorum
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:19 am Post subject: |
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One in Auckland that always brought up unwelcome visions of plumbers with builders butt was a windshield repair place that had radio ads screaming at you:
Show us yer crack!!! |
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Lanza-Armonia
Joined: 04 Jan 2004
Posts: 525
Location: London, UK. Soon to be in Hamburg, Germany
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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| There's one on a Jinan (Chinese) antique shop saying 'Antiques made daily'......always an eye opener |
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qlddan
Joined: 30 Jun 2003
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Location: China
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| Not a sign but anyway... I'm sure everyone's seen the toothpaste in China called "Darlie" (Darkie) with the cartoon picture of a black guy and the Chinese characters saying 'black man'. There is also a kind of sugar coated soft sweet called "Hey.New!" in English, with the chinese characters "hei nu", meaning 'black woman'. |
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