Engrish (and other Miscellany)
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Probably more than any other place
on Earth, Japan is the home of strange English usage -- usually
called "Engrish".
This page is where I'll put the
examples I might find, as well as other things that catch my eye.
Not everything you see here is FUNNY, dig? But just things I don't
see everyday, that's all.
[ For the world's
"definitive" site about Engrish, please go to Engrish.com
]
Of course, click on any image for a
LARGER version...
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Come on, dude -- let's LIFE... I mean, seriously...
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"Creamy" plus "powder" = "creap"...
Sure, I totally see that...
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This is the package from a pair of thick
"winter" socks I bought. After wearing them a few
times, I can certainly report that these socks DO smell, but
not like I expected...
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Dude, you are ENTIRELY too stressed -- why not do the
laundry?
(from a package of plastic
clothespins)
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"I drive an SUV because I love nature." |
"YO HO HO! Catch whassup down at KFC, homies!"
(This was from the KFC
at Chuo-Rinkan Station, Christmas 2004) |
If anyone is looking for poupees, I know a place here
where I can get you some...
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Guess what color this apartment building is...
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(From a package of
plastic forks) |
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I am so glad I saw this bike in the bike parking lot the
other day (yes, they not only have bike parking lots, they
have stinkin' multi-level garages for bikes!).
Anyway, this is
a fairly popular model, because I've seen it at least three
times. My neighbor the hairdresser has a silver one just
like it, but I could never take a photo of his because I felt like he'd see me doing it and think I was
totally weird.
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It's not just that this hair salon can give you a PEAM, it's that
it'll cost you $70 (U.S.)...
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I had NO IDEA the colonel could read Japanese...
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"Ovomaltine!"
My friend Manuel brought me
this chocolate bar back from his Christmas trip home to
Switzerland -- it is some of the most amazing chocolate I have
EVER eaten. I mean, maybe I was just hard up for chocolate,
but WOW, I loved that stuff.
But I swear, I can't read the
NAME without hearing Homer Simpson saying it -- remember the
episode where he tries to play Lisa's sax, but instead of
BLOWING in the mouthpiece, he just SINGS into it: "Saxomaphone!"
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