You Know You’re in China- Round 2- a lesson in Engrish or Chinglish

Have you heard of the term Engrish?  I know that many of you have but for those of you that haven't heard of it here a little run down:  

A form of English characterized by bad translation from Japanese by someone who is decent at translating vocabulary but has a poor grasp of English grammar.

—Urban Dictionary

Or this is a definition of Chinglish from Wikipedia (I have never heard the term Chinglish before- I had assumed that all poor translations into the English language regardless of the country's origin were deemed Engrish):

Chinglish refers to spoken or written English language that is influenced by the Chinese language.^[1] The term "Chinglish" is commonly applied toungrammatical or nonsensical English in Chinese contexts, and may have pejorative or deprecating connotations,^[2] reflecting the attitudes of those who apply the label.^[3]

 That sounds pretty complicated but really it's just silly sounding statements that were incorrectly translated into English from a different language (usually an Asian country). Sometimes it seems that they're trying so hard to sound American or British but absolutely fail to get the correct meaning or wording. They're pretty darn funny and sometimes they're so funny you'll pee your pants from laughing.  

And let me tell you- we now live entirely in an Engrish or Chinglish world! We see it on public signs, billboards, brochures, t-shirts, basically anywhere. Which just begs me to ask the question- why can't they hire a native English speaking person to do check their statements?  

So here are a few examples to get you started:

Detergents the Spirit….hmmmm. What do you think they meant by that statement???

Yummmy…. I love Dried Meat Floss Bread. What the heck is Meat Floss and is it edible?

Photographed at a local grocery store: "Series High Foodstuff Choiceness Raw Material". Say what???

"Just for You. I like to eat the biscuit. Ito love the imagination." (PS biscuits are what most of the world calls cookies)

How about some Sweetness Cookies (with Overbalanced Mouthfeel)???  They're a "conection of richly coated milk and wheat". (And they were also blech tasting!)

I am happy to note that the Sweetness Cookies at least had "edible" spices. I find the edible spices to be far easier to eat than the inedible ones, don't you?

This isn't really an example of Engrish. It's just a mis-spelling that actually took us a shamefully long time to catch. Can you spot it?

So, what is your favorite woman style?

Well, come to think of it I am glad that have storage spaces for my explosive substances and combustibles. We wouldn't want to carry those all the way to the top. (hint- that was a bit of sarcasm)

"By ascend the tower in the market for consumer is worth ten dollars in cash, can also specify the choice of goods straight down 200 yuan." HUH???? My poor brain got fried trying to figure this one out. Actually, we never did understand what it was trying to communicate.(by the way, Yuan is a unit of currency in China. It is also referred to as RMB. Right now you'll get 6 RMB or Yuan for $1 US Dollar)

I'm not sure what they're hinting at.

So is this piece of wadded up paper I'm holding supposed to go in the Unrecycling or in the Recycling canister?

I'll be sharing more Engrish, or Chinglish, posts with you.  There are entire websites devoted to sharing examples of Engrish.  Now that we live in Engrishland I'll lots to share with you over the next few years.  

So ensure sit back enjoyment intense qodness of feeling.  It is mine!