#engrish — Public Fediverse posts

Smol voice: what is "Authenticity" in english prose?
I've been following what some authority said my entire life.
My grammar and readability is less bad than at 18, but I think I am authenticity not great at english.
#engrish. #linguists

#language #engrish
Do you use "automation" as a regular english noun (pluralising with an 's'), or as an uncountable noun (like "water" is)?

Or only use it as a verb, and skip this.

A Japanese guy on the train has on a t-shirt that reads, “Charlie don’t surf.” I get that he’s not Vietnamese, but still pretty WTF. #engrish

#Engrish shirt of the day: I miss my dog, but he was delicious.

I nearly pooped out my mouth when I saw that.

Just saw an #Engrish shirt that read, “Let’s get it over with together.” That’s a pretty good one.

Non english native speaker question: there is no real difference between "ass" and "asshole" when refering to a single person, right? Like, "he/she is an ass" and "he/she is an asshole" are synonyms in this context, right?
#english #engrish

Let's go 🐄, lactate on the cable clamp!

#Lactation #Manual #Milk #Instructions #Loctite #Threadlocker #Engrish

Jebus. Should I take this serious? This is like reaching the wrong shit. #engrish

I will always be fascinated that the manufacturer (or the buyer? I don't know who adds the stickers) of a train costing a few millions can't afford a professional translator.

That's Polish EN63H-002.

The Polish version says not to *block* the door (with baggage).

#Engrish #English #rail

@roguefoam @amin

It's a fun place to shop. Just so much "cute" stuff. I don't mean cutesy, but literally, small, purposeful items like sponges, notepads, teacups, you name it. Some cutesy stuff too, I'm sure.

Of course, there's also a decent array of glorious #engrish merchandise. XD

Usually it's misspelled as Lice...

#japan #engrish

I may have already posted a picture of this shop (but as I migrated my account, it doesn't matter). I was confused and intrigued by the choice of name. Some serious Engrish if you're asking me. And indeed. It's supposed to be a pun as in katakana it reads the same as "low cost." 🤷‍♂️

#Japan #Engrish #locust

Damn, this is a treasure trove!

(Also no clue where this was, but DZPK suggests #LowerSilesia. 2017.)

#Poland #Engrish

@lowqualityfacts that is some serious #Engrish

Absolutely authentic and genuine is the red rower switch. It switches the rower for the system. What else.
#engrish

I haven’t seen this interesting #engrish in ages

Excuse me, is the lice meal vegetarian? 😆
#engrish #japanese #japan

I thought we were staying at Green Lake? 😂

#japan #engrish

So, you got together with a few friends and you've decided to start a J-Pop boy band (no actual musical skills required, only dancing skills,.computers and autotune will take care of the musical aspects). Now your band needs a catchy name.

No worries, I'm here to help you. Take an English noun. Any noun. And add Boy, Man or Mr. to it: Fish Boy, Snow Man, Mr. Children. (these are all actual names)
You're all set.

#Japan #JPop #Engrish

For inexplicable reasons my kid's school has a "manga class", run by a couple of the older students (super cool!)

This has the odd effect that now my daughter uses English words like "character" when talking of the manga they're writing.

I wonder if the "teachers" have been reading some American book, cause it seems odd japanese would use a foreign word for this (tho they use foreign words for a bunch of things,.so who knows).

#manga #engrish

@Dio9sys many years ago a large Japanese company wanted to market a handheld computer in the US targeted at business.

Think of something like the old Radio Shack Pocket Computer, for work.

Their US office had to strongly discourage them from calling it "The HandJob."

#engrish

Low quality translation vs high quality translation… #FountainPens #Engrish

#engrish

I never thought that the phrase "Mad Fans around the world" would be a phrase you would find on a tube of mobile phone glue.

Also "This was a great adhesive" is not a good sign - we've not even used it yet....

#Engrish