It's like watching many horribly-written Chinese character tattoos in the West.

ROLF! Some of the stuff I couldn't even figure out what they were trying to get at. Way funny though!

Every time I see someone with a tattoo (I'm from the U.S.) written in a different language I always wonder if it really says what they were going for. That's why I'd never tattoo words on myself. Too risky! I'd be so embarrassed if I found out later on that my tattoo was all wrong and then being stuck with it, ugh!

I could only imagine the mayhem an erection would cause in such a tight space:mtongue:

But China wouldn't be China without chinglish, same with japan. =)

Do Chinese in China (Not Hong Kong) actually use English characters?

Japan does right.. "Family Restaurant"

This is why I love butchered English around the world. It's a good resource to academically prove that English wouldn't be an influential world language in 50 years.

Modern English is the Wal-Mart of languages: convenient, huge, hard to avoid, superficially friendly, and devouring all rivals in its eagerness to expand.

Mark Abley (b. 1955)

It certainly is popular.

Here are some examples of "Engrish" that I took, 2007



One of my host "mom"'s t-shirts




"Powetard"

(PS you can see me and my buddy randall in the reflection -- and that's a bag at my side. I'm not that wide. :o )