Thursday 13 September 2007

Chinglish (More Silly Signs)

First, I return to an old favourite, the street sign. Good to know that trucks that are on fire are not allowed down this street...

Dali City, China
Though I don't know what the intention of this sign is:

Lucky we were warned about this one. Lijiang, China (it was actually a cobbled road, so perhaps they had the 'antonym' function on when they sent this through Babelfish)

The term 'Chinglish' would be familiar to anyone who's visited China, much as 'Japlish' is to travellers to Japan. As these highlights show, this is a travellers delight - thank you Shanghai underground, for these gems:

This one reads more like a haiku...

Very sound advice

Hmm... Guesses anyone?

Yes, immediately!!!

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