# Any Other "Engrish"-like Sites?

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**Created:** [July 26, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-engrish-like-sites/256979 "2004-07-26T20:27:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-engrish-like-sites/256979/1 "2004-07-26T20:27:13Z")

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I enjoy Engrish, check it every few days or so (about one in five submissions are really funny). The site’s not racist, in my opinion, as the humor does not derive from “aren’t the Japanese funny”—it’s simply mistranslated English, and would work as well in German, French, whatever (though I’ll admit the title “Engrish” might be a bit ill-chosen).

_But_. What I want to know is, do you know of any similar sites, of hilariously awful translations, signs, etc.? I remember a _NYT_ piece about ten years ago on mistakes in menus that gave me the hiccups it was so funny.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-engrish-like-sites/256979/2 "2004-07-26T21:45:54Z")

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How about a book? I know [National Lampoon’s Big Book of True Facts](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590710290/qid=1090878047/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/002-5059098-7726433) has some unintentionally funny signs. Their [True Facts website](http://www.truefacts.com) probably does too but I don’t know for sure because it keeps shutting down my IE and I don’t have any other options here anymore.

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**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-engrish-like-sites/256979/3 "2004-07-27T00:40:31Z")

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The bootleg Lord of the Rings DVD mistranslations are always good for a laugh.

[Fellowship of the Ring](http://users3.ev1.net/~eekfrenzy/captionspage/badfotrcaptionsx.html)

[Two Towers](http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/engrish/ttt_captions/00-20.htm)

[Return of the King](http://www.freewebs.com/lakeevendim/rotkengrish.htm)