Comments on: English is a troublesome language https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/oh-for-camera-in-my-hand-at-right-time/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/oh-for-camera-in-my-hand-at-right-time/#comment-22839 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:01:00 +0000 #comment-22839 My favourite translation has to be this variation on the ‘Do No Disturb’ door hanger we found in a hotel in Northern Vietnam: Don’t Bother.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/oh-for-camera-in-my-hand-at-right-time/#comment-22838 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:43:00 +0000 #comment-22838 Speaking of Manglish (mangled english), there was a story about Coca-Cola’s entry into the Chinese market back in the 80’s. Their slogan at the time was “Coke adds life”. When this was translated into Mandarin the nearest they could get was equivalent to “Coke brings your ancestors back to life”. Needless to say they had to change the slogan for the Chinese market to avoid confusion and potential lawsuits.

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/oh-for-camera-in-my-hand-at-right-time/#comment-22837 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0000 #comment-22837 Back to the subject of the blog, there are quite a lot of people in the North Americas who’s language skills don’t go beyond the level of the T shirt either.

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/oh-for-camera-in-my-hand-at-right-time/#comment-22836 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:58:00 +0000 #comment-22836 Not a blog comment, but I have just finished the first two books in the Isles of Glory Trilogy. Have enjoyed them very much, although I couldn’t believe you would kill off all those Dustells. Even though you warned the reader, I still didn’t expect it to be quite so bad. At least Ruarth is alive. Yes, I have started The Tainted. I want to kick some of those male Krells by the way.

]]> By: hrugaar https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/oh-for-camera-in-my-hand-at-right-time/#comment-22835 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:09:00 +0000 #comment-22835 Heh, fun shirt.

The depressing angle is that several of our local delinquents who pass through our doors at work have about the same level of English, even though it is (allegedly) their first language. :

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