Comments on: Engrish Lessons

By: Fanny-Min Becker

Fanny-Min Becker — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:47:38 +0000

Language, language!

I was once using ‘polite’ HK Chinese in a restaurant in Mainland China. I went to the back kitchen and asked a guy there where I could find ‘a room to wash my hands’.

‘You can do it right here’, he pointed to the basin of water in front of him.

By: Translator

Translator — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:53:06 +0000

When I was in Japan my university lecturer always used to say… ‘If you want to make water, make water over there’ and point at the toilet. Used to make me laugh every time! (great pictures btw)

By: liquidindian

liquidindian — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:38:36 +0000

Hey – thanks for using my picture.

Another good example is the use of “Let’s ________”. In one disturbing case, I had a woman say to me, “Let’s toilet!”.