From a department store in Osaka, Japan, via Counting Cats:
I read somewhere, can't find it now, that there is a type of post-New Year's sale in Japan of overstocked goods that is in fact pronounced as "foo kin." Spelling it out in phonetic English, probably not a good idea.
Of course, this is far from the first time that such translations have led to comic results.
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pronounced as "foo kin."
Actually it's pronounced like that in the north of England too you'll find ;)
loll
I posted it to FB, and got the first response/link below, which also netted me indirectly the second link.
1) http://gawker.com/fuckin-japan/
2) http://kotaku.com/5848939/when-all-else-fails-write-in-fucking-english
Who the hell needs the idiots at Wikipedia? :^D
(I more than amply concur with their protest, but just putting a visual consciousness-raising component in the middle of accessing the site would be more than adequate. Actually shutting down their service is brain-damaged).
LOL
Is that for real! Too funny.
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