On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:15:43 -0700,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" mangled
uncounted electrons thus:
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>Mike wrote:
>> Losing Something in Translation...
>
>Thanks, Mike! It's nice to start the day with a good laugh.
> Some I've seen before, but many were new to me (and I
>presume new to others, too). I wonder how comprehensible
>similar "foreign language" notices in English-speaking
>countries are? (Of course, in the U.S., it's not a problem
>- with the exception of a few in Spanish here in the
>Southwest and possibly in New York City - most venues simply
>assume everyone speaks English.)
It doesn't only take non-native speakers to mangle a
language. My father took a photo of a sign in a local hardware
store some few years back that proudly proclaimed:
'Enamel bowels for sale'
Martin D. Pay
Presumably to go with people's cast-iron stomachs... ^_- |