Monday, October 22, 2012

Um...what?

So, in China, there are, believe it or not, things written in English all over the place.  Seeing things in English makes it almost seem like you're in America, until you actually look at them and realize that it makes no sense, or it is not what you expected to see.  Some of the English is Chinglish (English in its directly-translated-from-Chinese form).  Some of it is an attempt to look cool because there's English on your product.  And some of it is just hilarious. 
Here are a a few examples taken from my own belongings.

Instructions on how to use a tea pot.
 If it's too small for you, it says "Place the suitable amounts of tea leaves.  Add the suitable amounts of boiling water.  Cover the kettle lid, then you can drink it.  The teapot's lid can isolate the used tea leaves in designs.  Easily cleaning & washing it."
A little flashcard book

This is actually pretty grammatically correct.  I just don't understand why it's on here.

My pencil case.

 It says: "Junior Dream
When I was a lonely teenager who accompanied me?
 Kite?  a dog.  or book bag?"

I think it's incredibly thought-provoking.

Slippers
You're probably thinking, "Oh, Nike!  Why is this on here?" 

Please look more closely at the picture.

Oh China...

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