www.engrish.com - real kicks!!!

NarendZORCE · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:42 am Post subject: www.engrish.com - real kicks!!!

"Engrish can be simply defined as the humorous English mistakes that appear in Japanese advertising and product design."

"Most of the Engrish found on Engrish.com is not an attempt to communicate - English is used as a design element in Japanese products and advertising to give them a modern look and feel (or just to "look cool"). There is often no attempt to try to get it right, nor do the vast majority of the Japanese population (= consumers) ever attempt to read the English design element in question (the girl wearing the �Spread Beaver� shirt for example, had no idea what it said until a foreigner pointed it out to her). There is therefore less emphasis on spell checking and grammatical accuracy (note: the same can be said for the addition of Japanese or Chinese characters to hats, shirts and tattoos found in the US or Europe).

Quite often it is easier to come up with English names than Japanese for a particular product. New products are brought to the marketplace in Japan more than anywhere else in the world and Japanese words and slogans quickly get used up. Japanese graphic designers will often tell you that English is widespread because the Japanese writing script (or scripts) limits their creativity - there are only so many ways to display their language, and only so many different types of fonts to use.

That said, in most instances Japanese companies do get it right and quite often consult a native English speaker for corrections."

'Nuff Said...
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NarendZORCE · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:43 am Post subject:

The best part is the captions that go with each pic... check out the site
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Plex · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject:

Who want some?

MG Man · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject:

I've seen some really stupid ones on OEM SUV spare tyre covers
one I always remember is:
"it's an outdoorsport that has really begun to shine. ..that is important"

WTF?? THis is TOTOTA meng...it makes NO sense
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worksux101 · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject:

totota u say Laughing

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MG Man · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:06 am Post subject:

maybe I should get a job transrating Engrish to Japarese
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Princess-Kaveshla · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:57 am Post subject:

http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/ Laughing

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Princess-Kaveshla · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:58 am Post subject:

^^ Think they use motor oil???
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You should see the Skyline GTR R32 wheelcaps: "We produced with spartan air" Laughing

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