CHINGLISH...Wisdom to Those in Need of Instruction

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June 23rd 2012

Published: June 23rd 2012

CHINGLISH...Wisdom to Those in Need of Instruction. I come from a country...where there are signs everywhere..."Stop"..."Walk"..."Do Not Walk"..."No Smoking"..."Speed Limits"...Arrows bent & straight..."Wrong Way, Turn Back"..."Hospital"..."Police"..."Road under Repair"..."Bushfire Warning"..."One Way"..."Give Way"..."Children Crossing". Then there are street signs...names of shops...names for e... Read Full Entry

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23rd June 2012

Johan
non-member comment

Great blog!
I have been meaning to do a themed blog like yours myself, hope I get to it one day. This is a great example know to make one, really well written and the pictures are so recognisable :)

23rd June 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

THANKS JOHAN
I usually make sure signs are not in my photos...but every now and then I'd include one...many others I've seen. So I've started a thread in the Photography forum titled CHINGLISH...for members to post their favourites...to see if we can have a collection of pearls on Travelblog. Hope to see you log in as a member & get into it!

23rd June 2012

deleted_49612
deleted_49612

No shit!
:)

24th June 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

HI MEL
Salute to the Tourists who keep the Public Hygience...yeah...where appropriate...No shit!

23rd June 2012

Graciela
non-member comment

really very funny
you did a great job here, very funny

24th June 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

THANKS GRACIELA
I enjoyed writing this blog...glad you enjoyed it.

24th June 2012

The Travel Camel
Shane Dallas

Wicket
This must be the designated window for cricketers in China.

24th June 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

MAYBE SHANE
I wondered what it was for...maybe reserved for Chinese cricketers...beyond the door???? Only know that is Where the Wicket go! Not sure if for bad or good cricketers...feared it was for the former!

24th June 2012

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

fantastic;-)
we have the whole selection of those as planned to write about 'Amusing China' but never got around to do this;-) love it!! Beata

24th June 2012

cabochick
Andrea

Oh what? I always Garn animals. Darn it. I must have offended a few while in China. Great blog Dave! I wish I had taken a photo of that sign I saw outside a cafe in one of the hutongs that said "really fucking great coffee."

24th June 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

THANKS ANDREA
Nice to hear from you...garn it...but don't garn the animals!

25th June 2012

Laila the Tuareg
Denise Hooper

good on you dancing one!
Love it!!! makes me giggle everytime I see them :-0 :-0

30th June 2012

Susurros somnolientos
J. Lalo Cura

WHAT THE DEUCE?
People swearing all over the comments, and I'm not invited? Fuck that! Great blog, Dave! I love Chinglish and Engrish, got several books with collections of the best and weirdest signs. Always makes me laugh. Cheers, Jens

30th June 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

CHINGLISH & ENGRISH
Thanks for the comment Jens...and I've posted one of yours on the CHINGLISH Photography thread

12th August 2012

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deleted_46288

Haa haa haa....
In my humble opinion, the vote is still out on which Asian country tends to make the best job of screwing up our perfectly adequate, English language, but these are some of the best I've seen. Mind you, I still haven't fully recovered from being constantly bombarded by Indian references to the all encompassing word 'cum'!!!

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