# Had to share this Engrish spam.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-to-share-this-engrish-spam/465930>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 30, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-to-share-this-engrish-spam/465930 "2008-09-30T22:41:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-to-share-this-engrish-spam/465930/21 "2008-10-02T03:22:13Z")

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> [@Dr.Woo](#):
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> I saw this Engrish on a t-shirt the other day:
> 
> ```
> JESUSCRIST
> 
> ```

Isn’t that the guy from Nirvana?😃

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**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-to-share-this-engrish-spam/465930/22 "2008-10-02T04:53:41Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> [The worst instruction sheet ever.](http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/00b9a680/1492db26) I keep a copy of it pinned to my cube at work as a reminder to me and a warning to others.

Sometimes, I can figure out how something went from its original language and landed in English (e.g., “I saw your structure.” I can see how that happened.)

But what the hell was “Till cowcomes home. Wield toys damage, burn-in prythee wind to a close wield”

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**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-to-share-this-engrish-spam/465930/23 "2008-10-02T05:07:38Z")

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“Not trust for tad batteries lest in advertent eat off. In the event of accident without loss of time plythee pillroller tuke order with.”

Someone wasn’t even trying at that point.

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**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-to-share-this-engrish-spam/465930/24 "2008-10-02T11:17:57Z")

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> [@amarinth](#):
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> Sometimes, I can figure out how something went from its original language and landed in English (e.g., “I saw your structure.” I can see how that happened.)
> 
> But what the hell was “Till cowcomes home. Wield toys damage, burn-in prythee wind to a close wield”

Obviously it’s Haiku:

Till cowcomes home. Wield  
Toys damage, burn-in prythee  
wind to a close wield

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-to-share-this-engrish-spam/465930/25 "2008-10-02T11:45:51Z")

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> [@nd\_n8](#):
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> So, if I’m reading the symbols on the bottom correctly; you can’t play Pac-Man, you can’t cry, you can’t fire and you can’t feed this toy to your giant talking alien plants. I am understanding.

I think the last one is “Toy not suitable for zombies”

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