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    Hope guides me Senior Member Hosakawa Tito's Avatar
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    Default Lost in the translation

    I just saw this article on Chinglish and had to share. Pics 4 & 5 are my favorites.
    "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." *Jim Elliot*

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    Very humerous.
    Silence is beautiful

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    I love these kinds of things. A thesaurus run amuck.
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    Good stuff, el tito. I always remember back in the 80's trying to put some furniture together and getting an incredible chinglish manual along with the kit which was made in Taiwan. I wish I'd kept it. I'll never forget one of the instructions for putting the kit together:

    "Step 5) Care should be taken so that a finger"

    Words to live by, clearly.
    Modern civilization is a vast conspiracy against silence

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    This is the real reason why I'll study Sinology.
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    Epic.

    No. 8 was my favourite...
    At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.

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    4 & 8 for the win.

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    Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you,
    By the livin' Gawd that made you,
    You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!
    Quote Originally Posted by North Korea
    It is our military's traditional response to quell provocative actions with a merciless thunderbolt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hax View Post
    This is the real reason why I'll study Sinology.
    Same here, hail xenu!
    Last edited by Kurando; 05-12-2010 at 06:32. Reason: Influence of OT III
    Modern civilization is a vast conspiracy against silence

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