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Funniest bad English sign or advertisement you've seen here
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CaptainConjunction



Joined: 12 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:46 am    Post subject: Funniest bad English sign or advertisement you've seen here Reply with quote

Seen anything funny? I've got so many that spring to mind. One of my favorites would have to be this one:

[img] http://storage.msn.com/x1pd4-FnBJ-KmgXp9De1xIuRwujh_zu09tbm5AuABfbXngS74-BsNiCVBjXwcPTXsGIbdRL6txNWFEtBBtMROq4quE3OTkb6Ped0gcoos_VYmW2k-TkONYkmocB0vRv8KVz [/img]

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beekeeper3000



Joined: 13 Jun 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm pretty sure the funniest thing i've seen is an old lady wearing a shirt that said "ride to heaven."

check out www.engrish.com

offensive hilarity: the perfect combination
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Stop sex" in large letters

on a wall in Busan.

Not sure of the context.
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loki82



Joined: 25 Sep 2005
Location: Daegu, South Korea

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've found the metro signs in Seoul to be a bit amusing in their bizarreness... or at least to MST2K:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/westgoneeast/44628181/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/westgoneeast/44628174/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/westgoneeast/44628170/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/westgoneeast/44628165/
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peppermint



Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

my personal fave was the sign that said fitting room, on a door that went directly outside
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tomato



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote



Think you would like to work at this school?
It's in Cheongju.
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Dude Love



Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Englis teacher needed. Must be lovechild.
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spidey112233



Joined: 21 Jul 2005

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"DESCENDING LIFE LINE" in other word "stairs to the exit"
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rnrpaulsen



Joined: 20 Jun 2005
Location: Cheongju, South Korea

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

spidey112233 wrote:
"DESCENDING LIFE LINE" in other word "stairs to the exit"
I've always wondered what "descending life line" meant.

Thanks!

My personal favourite so far has to be this:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a349/rnrpaulsen/Chuseok%20Trip%20to%20Seoul/hahahahaha.jpg
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cruisemonkey



Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not a sign or an advertisement, but I saw a package of rubber bands called Love Rubbers. Cool
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NightSky



Joined: 19 Apr 2005

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dr. Hee's Pharmacy of Kindness and Honest.
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I_Am_Wrong



Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: whatever

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This was a huge brand new Gambling place. They had about 8 of these huge new signs....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazy_arcade/38745907/
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betchay



Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

there's a bakery near Cheongnyangni named "BREAST"
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joe_doufu



Joined: 09 May 2005
Location: Elsewhere

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

there's a furniture in the New Core Outlet called "Morning Wood"
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ajuma



Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saw a truck today that said "poorfood.co.kr". Cracked me up!!
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