I always curious how wrong grammar can change its meaning...

until I saw this.



I took this from Thai's failblog, that's why there's a yellow duck in it.

until I saw this.



I took this from Thai's failblog, that's why there's a yellow duck in it.

thats some bathroom. water must cost a fortune.

Okay~ nevermind


Edit: it got fixed

I'ma just leave this here

until I saw this.



I took this from Thai's failblog, that's why there's a yellow duck in it.

They meant: "The Toilet is Fully Automatic"/ruinambiguity
Still slightly-but-not-really funny.

OOOOOOOOOOLD

I don't have the picture because it was a photo a group of students (from my school) on an exchange trip took, but it went something like this.

A sign on the wall in a toilet in a University in China.

”请小心地滑“

English translation right below the Chinese text read:

"Please be careful land slide."



(The original text means "Please be careful; floor is slippery.")

Not so much of a grammatical error as it is a translation error...

p.s. On a side note, the title of this thread should be "I was always curious as to how wrong grammar can change the meaning of text". "Erroneous" would be a better word than "wrong", but whatever. No offence intended; try taking this chance to improve your English.

p.s. On a side note, the title of this thread should be "I was always curious as to how wrong grammar can change the meaning of text". "Erroneous" would be a better word than "wrong", but whatever. No offence intended; try taking this chance to improve your English.

Erroneous is an adjective. It doesn't work. He's looking for a noun.

Erroneous is an adjective. It doesn't work. He's looking for a noun.

Erroneous grammar works, doesn't it? It's describing a noun (grammar).

until I saw this.



I took this from Thai's failblog, that's why there's a yellow duck in it.

Late to the game but it's a mistranslation, not a grammar issue: "This toilet flushes automatically after you leave; no need to flush."

English is used quite liberally outside English-speaking countries I'm looking forward to OSSS translations

Late to the game but it's a mistranslation, not a grammar issue: "This toilet flushes automatically after you leave; no need to flush."

English is used quite liberally outside English-speaking countries I'm looking forward to OSSS translations

We all know it's a mistranslation, which is what all of those Engrish sites and stuff are about. We're laughing about what the English means, as the way the grammar is structured there, it completely changes the meaning of what it should be.

Also, the English is supposed to be what it says up top, which is "This toilet has a fully automatic system."

We all know it's a mistranslation, which is what all of those Engrish sites and stuff are about. We're laughing about what the English means, as the way the grammar is structured there, it completely changes the meaning of what it should be.

Also, the English is supposed to be what it says up top, which is "This toilet has a fully automatic system."

>Stating the obvious

>Stating the obvious

>Being a dick/idiot. Take your pick, I don't care.

We all know it's a mistranslation, which is what all of those Engrish sites and stuff are about. We're laughing about what the English means, as the way the grammar is structured there, it completely changes the meaning of what it should be.

Also, the English is supposed to be what it says up top, which is "This toilet has a fully automatic system."

I thought the thread title was misleading ._. If I'm taking it one step further: a direct translation isn't always the best. Ask this lady