Here are some interesting mistranslations:In a Belgrade elevator:To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.A doctor's office in Rome:Specialist in women and other diseases.In a Rome laundry:Ladies, leave your clothes here & spend the afternoon having a good time.On a menu of a Polish... [ Continue reading... ]
Lovers of the English language might enjoy this: How do non-natives ever learn all the nuances of English?There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is "UP."It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for... [ Continue reading... ]
An English professor wrote the following words
"A woman without her man is nothing"
on the board and asked his students to punctuate it correctly.
All the males in the class wrote:
"A woman, without her man, is nothing."
All the females in the class wrote:
"A woman: without her, man is nothing."
Punctuation is powerful [ Continue reading... ]
A Cherokee Indian was a special guest at an elementary school.
He talked to the children about his tribe and its traditions, then shared with them this fun fact: "There are no swear words in the Cherokee language."
One boy raised his hand, "But what if you're hammering a nail and accidentally smash your thumb?"
"That," the man answered, "is when we use your language. [ Continue reading... ]
Professor Ernest Brennecke of Columbia is credited with inventing a sentence that can be made to have eight different meanings by placing ONE WORD in all possible positions in the sentence: "I hit him in the eye yesterday."The word is "ONLY".Hmm, sounds interesting?? Let's take a look it...ONLY I hit him in the eye yesterday. (No one else did.)I ONLY hit him in the eye yesterday. (Did not slap him.)I hit ONLY him in the eye yesterday. (I did... [ Continue reading... ]
Spotted in a toilet of a London office:TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW.In a London Laundromat:AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUTOutside a London second-hand shop:WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?Spotted in a safari park:ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CARSeen during a London conference:FOR ANYONE WHO HAS... [ Continue reading... ]
Why English Teachers Are Important: The Words are the same. Only the punctuation changes. . .Dear Thomas,I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you let me be ... [ Continue reading... ]
When I was 10:Rubber meant Eraser,
Ass meant Donkey,
Gay meant Happy,
Straight meant Linear,...
Making Out meant Logical Detection,,
Stag meant a male Deer
And
A Tit was always for Tat.....
N today...English has changed so much ..........................! [ Continue reading... ]
