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Hi,
thanks for all your funny contributions! :lol:

My personal favorite currently is
Oh sorry, in my country the rat is on the other side!
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Please continue posting wrong mistakes ... erm, I mean proper mistakes ... no, I mean .... well, you know what I mean. :D

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Little John wrote: I just post this here to let you know, that the Germans are not crazy. They just don't speak always perfect English. :D
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Well, I'd agree on the statement: All Germans who are "present" here are crazy about PureBasic. :D

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I see good examples of "Engrish" in China... and in the Tokyo Airport when flying through...

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At least the Chinese have the excuse that English is not their native language, but in Northamptonshire? http://www.jumbojoke.com/family_plannin ... e_977.html
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I would say the sign is correct and they are just doing their jobs!!! Do they provide instructional videos as well? :wink:

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It is supposed to be Kids Exchange... not Kid Sex Change!
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Or how about: http://www.oddsexchange.com
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Rook Zimbabwe wrote:It is supposed to be Kids Exchange... not Kid Sex Change!
I understand.
However, to me not being a native English speaker, even the expression "Kids Exchange" looked somewhat funny at the first glance.
I thought of something like: "I'll get your kids, and you'll get mine." So everyone who does not like her/his kids can exchange them. :D

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I agree Little John, it is a weird name for a kids clothing outlet... :D
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In portuguese (from Portugal), Gooseneck barnacle, is called "Percebes".

"Percebes" is also used in senteces like "Do you understand?" which in portuguese is "Percebes?".

On the front door of a restaurant in Algarve, there was this sign: "We sell understands"; what they meant was "We sell gooseneck barnacles".

LOL (this is sad actually, truly demonstrates the product of the portuguese schools). BTW, this topic is hilarious! :D
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:lol:

"Waiter, do you serve crabs?"
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I had crabs last night...

But I shaved.




(oh, that was just bad...) :wink:
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As you know, when John F. Kennedy visited Berlin during the Cold War, in his famous speech he said the German sentence: "Ich bin ein Berliner." ('I am a citizen of Berlin.')
Well, "Berliner" also is the name of a German pastry (similar to a donut) ...
A travel guide about Berlin by Qatar Airways wrote:... you can stop in one of the many street cafes and enjoy delicious pastries, and coffees, or perhaps a donut in homage to ex-US President Kennedy, who, in 1961 in front of a crowd of a half a million people famously said: "Ich bin ein Berliner." ('I am a doughnut').
The German phrase was re-translated by Homer Simpson, I suppose. :lol:

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