I hope that you enjoy reading this post on the weekly Friday Loose Bloggers Consortium where eleven of us write on the same topic. Today’s topic has been chosen by Paul. The ten other bloggers who write regularly are, in alphabetical order, Delirious, gaelikaa, Grannymar, Maxi, Maria SF, Padmum, Paul, Shackman, The Old Fossil and Will. Do drop in on their blogs and see what their take is on this week’s topic. Since some of them may post late, do give some allowance for that too!
Paul, I for one do not consider that English is a foreign language for us Indians. Obviously there are others who must!
ENOUGH?
THER YU HAF DUN IT NOUGH – MY SPALEENG HAZ GONE FOR A TOSS ! BLEDDY PHORENUR !
Rummuser Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 12:19
Bhelcum to the Klub.
oh oh oh ! ! ! laughing here! I love that Inglish ! LOL. yes. that’s on perpus. I have always thought it must be the hardest langwige of all.
these are grate! XO rummy. you nailed it
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Rummuser Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 12:19
I am delighted!
Loved the signs. To be sure we have many misspellings here in the U.S. too. We have a joke here about engineers and their inability to spell. It goes “A year ago, I couldn’t even spell engineer and now I are one.” May not be that funny elsewhere, but I live in a town that is full of engineers.
Rummuser Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 12:22
There are many more that I keep coming across and I had to be very choosey in the ones that I posted.
LOL those were pretty funny!
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Rummuser Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 12:22
I am glad that you were amused.
These signs are hysterical, Rummy. Laughing too hard to type … almost.
blessings ~ maxi
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Rummuser Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 12:22
Thank you.
My favourite is the dodgy dhobi one.
Rummuser Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 12:23
Cute is it not?
One of the most frustrating things when visiting a country with a different language is trying to make a very simple request, finding the other person is totally baffled, and thinking, If I only knew the one word for the thing I want, how much easier it would be….
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Rummuser Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 12:24
I have noticed another peculiar aspect to this phenomenon, the frustrated speaker raising the voice as though that would convey what needs to be communicated!
No truer word about the horrible minister. I hope he didn’t get hanged for it.
And accident porn, I’ve heard of such a fetish but not as a brag.
XO
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Rummuser Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 12:24
You never know in India WWW. Not quite hanged, but may have just quietly been sent away to the boondocks.
There is no entertainment quite like stumbling along in a foreign language. Even the most untalented people can suddenly become clever comedians.
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Rummuser Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 12:25
There, I just became one!
Fun to have a laugh (even at others’ expense:)
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Rummuser Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 12:26
The real problem is the bloke who spends the money to get these sign boards made only to later find that there has been a goof up and not quite knowing what to do with the board!
Yes English is mystifying all over the world…I guess that even the symbols in other languages that we don’t understand have bloopers included…
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Rummuser Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 12:31
Sign boards in local languages here too can be very amusing Cathy.
Cathy in NZ Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 01:21
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sideswipe/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=702
This is a regular column that from time to time has a sign board that someone has snapped that doesn’t read right…you will no doubt see some right here on the opening page
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Rummuser Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 18:12
Trust the Southern hemisphere to come up with something like that on a regular basis.