Engrish Links!

I am a big guy - I can admit that I do not have a monopoly on all of the funny Engrish out there, so I have decided to share them with you here:

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Regular Engrish:

Lord Fahruz's Engrish, Flancais, Gelman, & Itarian Collection - Fahruz, a regular at the Engrish Massage Boards, has amassed a great collection of Engrish as well as funny misuses of French, German and Italian in Japan.

Japanese SUV Spare Tire Covers - The best collection of tire cover Engrish on the net!

The Jasper's site has serious archives of some great Engrish.

David Gallagher's Site has some pics of "what I saw in Japan".

Richard Barnett's Page - Rich has a very good collection of Japanese English on his site.

Alex's humble contribution to Engrish (re. cars - text only)

Page's Page - Check out the "Culture Corner" of their home page for more Engrish access.

Galvin's Japan Files - Containing some Engrish samples and Galvin's senior thesis on Engrish (Warning: contains language that may be offensive to some).

Zany Video Game Quotes! shows to you the humorous, silly, misspelled, or just plain insane quotes you can find in video games.

All Your Base Are Belong to Us - There are a thousand different websites featuring this classic Engrish. This one seems to come up first on Google.

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Other Sites of Interest:

Japander.com - Contains fantastic archive of TV commercials using famous western stars (who don't often do commercials in their own country).

Origami Boulder - A hilarious new product!

Japanese Pizza Page- Don't forget the extra corn toppings next time you order.

Worst English Phrasebook Ever Written - About a Portuguese man who made an English phrasebook in the late 19th century without knowledge of English.

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Engrish Articles/ Study of Engrish:

Pirated Chinese DVD's - Article on pirated DVD's and their interesting labels.

Janglish Panglish - Serious article on the Japanese adaptation of English words.

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Japanese Websites with Engrish:

Cat Prin - Hilarious Japanese site featuring outfits for your cat. (they cleaned it up a bit since it became famous).

Tissue-san - Featuring a new character: "Tissue-san"

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Websites Showcasing Misused Japanese/Chinese Overseas * (the reverse of Engrish!):

http://www.hanzismatter.com/ (the definitive site - in English - dedicated to the misuse of Chinese and Japanese characters (Hanzi and Kanji) in Western Culture)

http://colorfulland.hp.infoseek.co.jp/nihonkongo.html - "Nihonkongo" features funny Japanese found in China

http://sunao.s2.xrea.com/ (features t-shirts with funny Japanese found throughout Asia)

http://www.geocities.co.jp/MotorCity/7168/others/japaneseindex.html (funny Japanese found in China)

http://www.mo-hawaii.com/go/nanja2/old/top.html (features funny Japanese found in Hawaii)

* NOTE: Must be able to read Japanese in order to comprehend some of the above sites in this section.

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