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Offline GrayBeard

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Interesting "English" from around the globe....
« on: April 21, 2011, 04:21:41 pm »
It sometimes lacks a bit of clarity when translated!




Airline ticket office, Copenhagen :
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL
DIRECTIONS.

In a Bangkok temple :
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A
FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.


Cocktail lounge , Norway :
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN
THE BAR.

Doctors office, Rome :
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

Dry cleaners, Bangkok :
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST
RESULTS.

In a Nairobi restaurant :
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT

TO SEE THE MANAGER.

On the main road to Mombassa, leaving
Nairobi :
TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER,
THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.

On a poster at Kencom :
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO WE
CAN HELP.

In a City restaurant :
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.

In a cemetery :
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS
FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.

Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations :
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO
OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant :
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.

In a Tokyo bar :
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.

Hotel , Yugoslavia :
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS
THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.

Hotel , Japan :
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
CHAMBERMAID.

In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a
Russian Orthodox monastery :
YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE
FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY
EXCEPT THURSDAY.

A sign posted in Germany 's Black Forest :
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST
CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE
TOGETHER IN ONE TENT UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS
PURPOSE.

Hotel, Zurich :
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING
GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE
USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

A laundry in Rome :
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND
THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.

~~~GB~~~
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Re: Interesting "English" from around the globe....
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2011, 05:35:53 pm »
That's a fun read GB, Thanks!
Dan In Southern California

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Re: Interesting "English" from around the globe....
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 06:05:31 pm »
now , that's funny--Richard aka thumbs

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Re: Interesting "English" from around the globe....
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2011, 08:11:06 pm »
I especially liked the one about the Japanese chambermaid.

Good ones, GB.

Bill

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Re: Interesting "English" from around the globe....
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2011, 10:04:56 pm »
LMAO.   ;D
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Re: Interesting "English" from around the globe....
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2011, 10:09:06 pm »
LOL


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Re: Interesting "English" from around the globe....
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2011, 10:34:09 pm »
 ;D

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Re: Interesting "English" from around the globe....
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2011, 12:05:58 am »
Enjoyed reading them all. Thanks GB.

 

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