The goat didn’t come along easily

The goat didn’t come along easily

posted on 7 Jan 2014 in Engrish from Other Countries, Menus

Hoisted by his own croutons, ouch…

Photo courtesy of Tom Gaulton.
Menu found in a Paris restaurant.  

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algernon
algernon
9 years ago

Norman the Frog and Poppy the snail. All the food has names!

algernon
algernon
9 years ago

I forgot Rusty the Fish but the salmon is just a fresh goat

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
9 years ago

It’s ‘flog’, not ‘frog’ – they should at least use basic Engrish spelling

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
9 years ago

Next time I need to go through snails I’ll try going by poppy.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
9 years ago

Everybody sold off the stock of the rusty limited company, so now the fish soup is all they can get.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
9 years ago

Fresh goat tackle must be the local version of prairie oysters.

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
9 years ago

– Waiter! My thigh of frog has the Roman!

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
9 years ago

Hang in there, Norm! I called the fire department, they’ll rescue you from that thigh of frog.

Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat
9 years ago

Thigh of Frog has the Norman but the Allies wanted Normandy back.

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
9 years ago

Mmmm… Snailpoopies! *slurps*

jjhitt
jjhitt
9 years ago

Bates Motel now offers room service.

Peter
Peter
9 years ago

This is what happens when you outsource translation to a Chinese company.

mickeygreeneyes
mickeygreeneyes
9 years ago

The French, they are a funny race.

mickeygreeneyes
mickeygreeneyes
9 years ago

Poppy, don’t go through all those snails. Mommy says she wants some.

DrLex
DrLex
9 years ago

Tackling goats is not cool.

Sparky
Sparky
9 years ago

……….suddenly realizing his error, Norman knew he didn’t have a leg to stand on.

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
9 years ago

– Waiter? My flog said ‘libbit’!
– Impossible, Sir. This is labbit.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
9 years ago

Even the French version looks like it may have been made in China. 😕

Chuck
Chuck
9 years ago

This is proof that the French don’t hate the English.
Why else would they have made this menu more enjoyable than the food !

Chuck
Chuck
9 years ago

Bone appetite !

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
9 years ago

@Sparky: We need a Farside comic panel to go with that caption!

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
9 years ago

Translation is made at chef

alexmagnus
alexmagnus
9 years ago

The endless screw by the Franglish company goes on and on…

Marum
Marum
9 years ago

God. If one had goat tackle, the girls would have to watch out.

Marum
Marum
9 years ago

Australians appear to have trouble with poison fish in Asia.

Lora
Lora
9 years ago

Norman treated frogs the way he treated women… he’d always go straight for their thighs.

His friend Choco Lott, on the other hand, would only go straight *to* a women’s thighs! 🙂

Marum
Marum
9 years ago

Q. How do you make your lover stand on tippy toes?

A. Get the goat tackle transplant.

WorrierPrincess
WorrierPrincess
9 years ago

Colour of frog has the Yoda.

Lollerskate
Lollerskate
9 years ago

GOAT used TACKLE!

Wild SALMON has fainted!

Marum
Marum
9 years ago

That’s only the foreplay. (entrée)

Just wait for the main course.

Marum
Marum
9 years ago

Poopy snails?
Yes. They forgot to put them in bran overnight.

Someone
Someone
9 years ago

These goats are so fresh, they can still tackle you!

Jøshua
Jøshua
9 years ago

For once I can read the untranslated part. This falls under “Patoooh! I speeet on yur Engleeesh!”

Marvac
Marvac
9 years ago

Ok got it. “sa rouille”

S.A. = Société anonyme (limited corporation)

sa = its

rouille = rusty, rust-colored. Also, a rust-colored, garlicky sauce that goes with fish soup.

Biff the Understudy
Biff the Understudy
9 years ago

Norman, have you been into the frogs again?

Jack
Jack
9 years ago

*sigh* William the Conqueror, he beat the Anglo-Saxons, only to be captured and defeated by a frog’s thigh.

Lucano
Lucano
9 years ago

poor norman. no one could save him anymore from the giant, tentacled eldritch abomination of the frog’s leg.

Myself
7 years ago

The way “rusty limited company” got its way onto the menu (“sa rouille” means “garlic sauce” in this context but also means “its rust” literally; “S.A.” is how the French equivalent of a limited company is abbreviated) reminds me of a mistake a friend of mine once made at school in France: they said, in a history presentation,
“L’empire romain a été fondé en 27 Colombie-Britannique.”
See the fabulous mistake, Francophones?

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