Monday, January 16, 2012

Something Lost In The Translation

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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5 comments:

  1. billm99ukJanuary 17, 2012 at 8:40 AM

    pronounced as "foo kin."

    Actually it's pronounced like that in the north of England too you'll find ;)

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  2. GWJanuary 17, 2012 at 10:08 AM

    loll

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  3. OBloodyHellJanuary 18, 2012 at 8:30 PM

    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

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  4. OBloodyHellJanuary 18, 2012 at 8:31 PM

    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).

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  5. MathewKJanuary 18, 2012 at 11:02 PM

    LOL

    Is that for real! Too funny.

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