6.23.2009
I'm pretty sure I found the Mecca of Chinglish: Happy Valley amusement park. Not only was every sign grammatically incorrect and/or full of misspellings, the words on the sign were often completely irrelevant. For example, a sign for a carnival game that read "Hang Precious Bottles" was actually a game of throwing balls into cups. [I would upload some pictures on here to demonstrate what I mean, but alas, the Great China FireWall continues to block blogger.com, so I only have text access through a proxy site at this point.]
There was also the "Crazy Drunkard" game-- ring toss.
The "Beat Mice" game-- another ball tossing game.
And don't forget the "Milk Factory" game [I was too scared to go near that one].
There were a few signs that nearly got the names right; the dart throwing stand was labeled "Rapid Dartlike" and yet another ball throwing game was called "Throw Balls WTO The Bud." We never were quite sure what the game called "CO Percent Sure" entailed, but we were CO% sure we didn't want to waste our money finding out.
I send and receive texts almost daily to/from friends claiming we have spotted the "Chinglish of the Day." Here are some of the gems we've seen in the last few weeks:
MINUTEMEN
MEATPUPPETS
DESCENDANTS
ANGST.
(on a woman's tote bag)
WET
(on a young girl's shirt)
NO PAINT
NO GAINS
(worn by a middle aged woman)
zeroclan pirate looking the first choice and you?
(on a woman's shirt)
HIT ME WIT YOUR BEST SHOT!
--with a picture of a radio--
(on a guy's shirt)
Hi. You'll do.
(worn by a young Chinese guy)
[not Chinglish, but definitely hilarious]
F*CK
IN THE
BOX
--written in the form of the "Jack in the Box" logo--
(worn by a young Chinese guy)
[again, not Chinglish, but I had to wonder if he had any idea what he was wearing]
And last but not least, I saw a Spanglish shirt on a Korean guy on the subway:
CRITIC-
yo soy a real chicano
but why mi parents no latino?
Yay for easy & free entertainment wherever one goes. Wo ai Zhongguo.
