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[ink_and_coffee]

Check out this Engrish siteSome of the items, especially T-shirt slogans, are pure nonsense but still sort of funny in an odd way. An expat friend of mine, who lives near Tokyo, says the Japanese are as enamored of English-as-decoration as Americans are of, say, Chinese or Japanese character tattoos

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[swankyfunk]

I LOVE that site. Never fails to make me laugh my ass off. One of my favorites is a warning sign above a doorknob that says "AUTO ROCK." I always thought that'd make a great album cover.

My favorite Engrish isn't on the site.

[ink_and_coffee]

I used to live in southwest Kansas, which has a small but significant southeast Asian population because of the packing plants.

I love ethnic food, so I shopped in the Asian groceries a lot.

One of the cans of this or that vegetable (I forget which) had the best Engrish brand name ever.

The trademark was a copyright-violated Porky Pig, standing triumphantly with hands on hips atop the globe.

And the name?

Victorious Piggy.

Someday, one of my short stories will have a band named "Victorious Piggy" in it.