# ENGRISH...for Japophiles only, or lovers of Japanese culture (!?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2001, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engrish-for-japophiles-only-or-lovers-of-japanese-culture/92173 "2001-11-08T12:44:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engrish-for-japophiles-only-or-lovers-of-japanese-culture/92173/1 "2001-11-08T12:44:03Z")
I don’t know how to do the coding for a site, so shoot me. Bang bang. I’m dead. But in my dying moments I share with you… [http://www.engrish.com](http://www.engrish.com) Hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engrish-for-japophiles-only-or-lovers-of-japanese-culture/92173/2 "2001-11-08T12:47:23Z")
There this lunch counter near where I live run by this Japanese family. Now in Hawaiian you say ‘MAHALO’ for thank you. On there tip jar it says ‘MAHARO’ and I always get a kick out of it. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engrish-for-japophiles-only-or-lovers-of-japanese-culture/92173/3 "2001-11-08T13:47:37Z")
I live with this stuff everyday. At first, it’s funny, then you get used to it, then it’s sad, then you get upset, then you don’t care, and finally it becomes funny again. Of course, I’m not surprised anymore when I see things like “Hotel Napori” or “Cafe Mona Risa”. I think it’s pretty normal that a sign would remind me that “it’s erection time again.” I don’t even scratch my head when I see “omuret” on a menu. And when a movie trailer asks me “are you leady?” I jump out of my seat and shout: “hell yeah!” [sub]or is that herr yeah. . .I forget.[/sub] But that’s just creative spelling, I could go on and on and on about nonsensical babble. . . Friends of mine put up a list of their favourite on the web, but the URL is dead. That’s really too bad because it was even funnier than [engrish.com](http://engrish.com). ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engrish-for-japophiles-only-or-lovers-of-japanese-culture/92173/4 "2001-11-08T14:07:34Z")
In Japan, people tend to want the latest model of whatever they are buying, so we got great deals on all of our camping equipment when we lived in Northern Japan by buying last years models. Of course, that means we have a tent that proudly proclaims that we are “Happy Family in Green Fields”, and cookware that is our “Camping Friend”. And yes, engrish can make an ordinary shopping trip into a laugh riot. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engrish-for-japophiles-only-or-lovers-of-japanese-culture/92173/5 "2001-11-08T14:27:16Z")
I am v nostalgic for Japan these days. After 5 yrs, you really miss this stuff. There is nothing funny at all about French English… wwwaaaahhhhh ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Stewart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dave\_Stewart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Stewart)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engrish-for-japophiles-only-or-lovers-of-japanese-culture/92173/6 "2001-11-09T04:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anahita \* > \*\*I am v nostalgic for Japan these days. After 5 yrs, you really miss this stuff. There is nothing funny at all about French English… > > wwwaaaahhhhh \*\* I miss it too. My fridge was “relaxing spacious and comfortable” according to the sticker on the door. ---
**Author:** ![Chickenhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Chickenhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenhead)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engrish-for-japophiles-only-or-lovers-of-japanese-culture/92173/7 "2001-11-09T06:12:37Z")
And he asks his opthamologist what the matter is with his eye. The doctor says, “Sir, your problem is that you have a Cataract.” To which the man replies, “No, I have a Rincoln Continental.”