Funny and Mistranslated Signs.
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I recently came across a very funny article in "Heat Magazine" that featured a good few hilarious signs, often mistranslated from other languages into English. Some of these were road signs, some names of shops or hotels, some are not really signs, but simply mistranslations on menus in restaurants. The end result being that I was left laughing my head off, and decided to do a hub that simply featured a load of the funniest examples of these I could find, both within the magazine, and on the Internet itself. Below are the results of my efforts, at least 100 examples of funny signs, notices, menu entries etc. I hope the humour appeals to you as much as it did to me.
Enjoy!!!
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Novelty Sign: Business Hours (very funny)
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Welcome Humorous Metal Sign
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MAN CAVE -Street Sign- room manroom garage funny signs
Price: $8.99
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Retirement Office Hours Sign - Funny Retirement Gift
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RECYCLE SIGN T-SHIRT COOL FUNNY TEE RETRO SHIRT YELW XL
Current Bid: $5.99
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Funny bar sign pool table FREE SHIPPING
Current Bid: $19.95
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180043B Do Not SM Funny Sexy Bar Décor Light Sign New
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Surf WARNING Sign "Funny" Board Surfer Men Womens Wax
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Dollar Menu T Shirt Funny Bargain Shopper Budget Cheap
Current Bid: $7.99
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Dollar Menu T Shirt Funny Bargain Shopper Budget Cheap
Current Bid: $7.99
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Dollar Menu T Shirt Funny Bargain Shopper Budget Cheap
Current Bid: $7.99
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Dollar Menu T Shirt Funny Bargain Shopper Budget Cheap
Current Bid: $7.99
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New Gold Dollar Sign Novelty Party Glasses
Price: $8.95
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Welcome Humorous Metal Sign
Price: $11.49
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One Way Sign (Down Arrow) Men's Hoodie Sweat Shirt Small thru 4XL
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One Way Sign (Down Arrow) Men's Sweat Shirt in 2 colors Small thru 3XL
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Nation, Language, and the Ethics of Translation (Translation/Transnation)
Price: $26.95
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Lec Power Translator 12 Premium
Price: $49.99
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Idioms & Phrases in American Sign Language, Volume 3
Price: $11.95
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Idioms & Phrases in American Sign Language, Volume 1
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NEW Language Modeling for Machine Translation - Raab...
Current Bid: $61.28
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Egyptian Papyrus Art Hieroglyphic Language Translation
Current Bid: $4.49
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NEW A Career in Language Translation - Ferailleur-du...
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Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language by Eva Ho
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Cheers Anath, glad you found these funny too. I might just join you for that drink and a snack :)
All I want to know is, which translation school they went to.
No wonder why they can't drive in English speaking countries.
Here a couple I made up.
"Please drive thru window for fast service"
"Please yield to fat people"
This is hilarious!
LOL, Thanks Shaul, love your ideas and appreciate the feedback.
Cheers BJC, so pleased to make you laugh :)
I prefer the fried Spanish women! :)
Thanks for sharing Misty!
Many thanks Logic, and thanks for dropping by :)
If my nearest church was called Saint Cyril of Alexandria I think that I'd feel a lot safer staying in bed finding reason to shout "Oh God!" than to go within cooee of any of its priests.
LOL, very good point TOF. Thanks for stopping by :)
This is so funny LOL. Just a couple of days ago coming back from Poitiers we went through a small town called "St. Julian Ars", my daughter couldn't stop laughing about it!
What a great collection of signs! Thanks for making me laugh!
Brilliant Princessa, golly, what an awful name to call a town. Thanks for commenting and pleased you enjoyed the laughs :)
Thanks Ms Chievous, glad these gave you a good laugh. Another example that springs to mind is when my sister and her boyfriend were on holiday in Spain and they went past a restaurant with a sign outside that said "Pidgeon English spoken here". They thought it was hilarious.
I can't beleive you found so many of these, good job - they really made me laugh!
Thanks Kephrira, I spent a bit of time searching for them, and there were many more, I just thought people might find it a bit too long if I put too many more in one hub.
Oh, my, a laff riot!!! Thanx.
Cheers Paradise 7, thanks for commenting on, and enjoying this hub :)
so many of these are photoshopped fakes
so many of these are photoshopped fakes but still funny. great job and many thanks
Thank you Dave, they may well be, but I have no reason to know that. I am glad you found them funny and enjoyed them though :)
Anath says:
4 months ago
A sluttish pasta and that F***ginger water sound perfect for me :)
Thanks for the laughs :)