We have lived in Japan for a year and a half working as English teachers. This site showcases pictures and stories for friends and family, as well as some potentially useful information for new English teachers in Japan.

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

おかしい英語 English Goes Badder










This is the beginning of a compilation of butchered English. We once saw a little girl with every manner of foul curse words written all over her sandals. A more common thing is to see "Jesus" where he clearly does not belong. Two different shirts read "one plane two sharks Jesus loves you!" and "Surf Jesus." One Japanese teacher who actually speaks very good English said something like ". . . since the traditional Japanese sports aren't represented on sports day and we play ball-oriented sports instead, maybe we should call it sports day with balls?"



For more bad English see: http://engrish.com/

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