Showing posts with label engrish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label engrish. Show all posts

Friday, February 22, 2008

Weekly Photo Challenge: "Slogan"

This week for Glenn and Dave's Weekly Photo Challenge, the topic ("randomly" selected from the dictionary by Dave) is "slogan."

Both of the pictures below were taken just down the street from my place here in Miyazaki. The first, of a sign outside a dispensing optician's, features some rather tortured English. The second, of a sign outside a local restaurant/coffee shop, features a somewhat interesting choice of words. Click images to enlarge.

The first pic features the kind of thing that I see (and hear) here so often that I barely notice it any more. (If you like this sort of stuff, there's a ton of it over here.)

WITH YOUR DAILY SCENE
Glasses are useful at every your daily scene.


I really like the slogan in the pic below. The English is OK, but the word "booze" jumps right out at me, beckoning to me in some kind of secret code. If you like "booze" then this is the place for you. Only "boozers" allowed. Let's "booze" it up! Welcome sir, what kind of "booze" would you like with your meal? Why, I'm not sure... what kind of "booze" do you have? Allow me to bring you the "booze" menu, sir. We have a fine selection of "booze" from all over the world! Mmmm.... "booze"...

LOOP
GOOD SELECTED COFFEE BOOZE AND FOOD

Monday, January 21, 2008

Beat Us

Not really "engrish", but the shop sign below (crappy cell phone pic) caught my eye while I was walking home from the dentist's a few evenings ago. I don't know who works there or what exactly they sell but, given my usual mood after a dentist's appointment, I'm tempted to find out one of these days...



Nick Lowe-I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass

Saturday, April 07, 2007

Gauche Beauty

The picture below is of a "beauty salon" just down the street from my place here in Miyazaki. Um, I'm not really sure what kind of work they do there...


I suppose I could make a small project of observing some patrons "before and after"...

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Viagra Antidote?


[Anyone in Japan has seen this before. It's the name of a "recycle shop" (a second-hand store).]

Monday, December 11, 2006

PSA

It's not like we really needed it or anything, but... Another reason not to have unprotected sex?


Don't forget your shower cap...
[I got a million of 'em...]