# Question about Engrish.com **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784 "2008-10-27T16:43:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leah\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Leah\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leah_M)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784/41 "2008-10-29T08:12:37Z")
I see them all the time, but they still almost always amuse me. Some are closer to actual language than others. Some are just… eyebrow-raising. [This shirt almost makes sense.](http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/5740/snapshot20071027155441if2.jpg) [And I’m not quite sure about this one, either.](http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/743/bababirthdayset104sr4.jpg) [This one blows my mind.](http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot20080903135909qq4.jpg) You can’t read it all in that shot, but it says something like: man is with three big missions you understand a man’s true feelings… extra-ordinary discovery One for the philosophers, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784/42 "2008-10-29T13:14:36Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Wow, thanks for all the input. > > But really, all you native English-speakers, would you wear a shirt with a foreign language slogan that you didn’t understand? > > Joe No, but I do wear Engrish T-shirts that I picked up in Japan. They’re awesome. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784/43 "2008-10-29T13:37:07Z")
> [@Leah\_M](#): > > [This shirt almost makes sense.](http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/5740/snapshot20071027155441if2.jpg) I’m adding “Devoted Absorbedly” to the list of names I recommend when people go polling for new user names. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784/44 "2008-10-29T13:43:18Z")
> [@vintageloveletter](#): > > This gave me a laugh. > [http://usedwigs.com/tattoos/](http://usedwigs.com/tattoos/) That’s awesome! > [@](#): > > “I couldn’t decide between CRYMPH or DLECH,” said Chengdu high school student Mingmei Lee. “I know they both mean beautiful flower dancing in the wind in American, but I can’t decide what looks prettier.” Joe ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784/45 "2008-10-29T14:16:21Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Dude, that was one huge load of pictures. Well, there’s a huge load of weird over here. ---
**Author:** ![firstname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@firstname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firstname)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784/46 "2008-10-29T14:33:20Z")
When i was in high school, we had a group of Japaneses school kids come over, one of the girls was wearing a shirt with a picture of a tissue, declaring the phrase “blow your wad” the look on the English speaking principals face was priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784/47 "2008-10-29T15:25:15Z")
> [@](#): > > “I couldn’t decide between CRYMPH or DLECH,” said Chengdu high school student Mingmei Lee. “I know they both mean beautiful flower dancing in the wind in **American** , but I can’t decide what looks prettier.” I’m so glad we don’t have these words in _English_.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784/48 "2008-10-31T16:57:15Z")
> [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](#): > > I’m so glad we don’t have these words in _English_.😉 Hey, it’s substantially less ignorant than thinking ‘Chinese’ is a language. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784/49 "2008-10-31T17:04:32Z")
My favorite shirt I saw in Japan: > [@](#): > > Crap your hands. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784/50 "2008-10-31T17:09:09Z")
There was also the manhole cover, which I have a picture of, which had its brand name stamped prominently on the surface. This meant it said: > [@](#): > > Husky Manhole -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784/51 "2008-10-31T21:37:55Z")
The Japanese are pretty fastidious about seperating their trash. The Starbucks around the corner from my apartment in Sasebo had two trash bins: “Combustibles” and … “Non Comburnibles” hee [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-engrish-com/469784.md?page=2)