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    Chinglish: The Joys of Chinese English
    Chinglish: The Joys of Chinese English
    Chinglish: The Joys of Chinese English
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    Chinglish: The Joys of Chinese English

    By Henry Hao

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    Ridiculously funny...

    In a Hong Kong supermarket - "For your convenience, we recommend courteous, efficient self-service."
    On a menu - "Spleen omelet, fisherman’s crap soup, calf pluck, bowels"
    In a hotel - "You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid."
    On a menu - "Special cocktails for women with nuts"
    On a contraband Liverpool Football Club shirt - "You’ll Never Pickle Again"
    Sign on a bus - "This seat is reserved for Old, Handicapped, and Crippies"

    Just brilliant.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Oleander Press
    Release dateSep 22, 2013
    ISBN9781498903400
    Chinglish: The Joys of Chinese English

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    • 3/5
      This book really doesn't have a reason to exist. I mean, if there's anything the Internet is for, it's shit like this. And wow, the German Sinologist who compiled it and the linguist who wrote the foreword sure treat it like a serious and noble undertaking when it's just about a few cheap laughs, with all their talk about the future role of English and the nature of cross-cultural communication. But they do good with bringing in the kind of sentimental silly tear-to-your-eye marketing copy on stationery and shit, and reviews and things that aren't even ungrammatical but give you a sense of how English is used in a Chinese context, as well as your "children stick in source" menus and whatever. And I liked seeing that Great Wall sign from Jinshanling about saving your own life by not picking the flowers. And "deformed man bathroom" will always be funny. But yeah, not a tonne of reason to exist.
    • 5/5
      Any book that makes me laugh out loud this much gets 5 stars.

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    Chinglish - Henry Hao

    The Oleander Press Ltd

    All rights reserved

    Copyright 2003 The Author and The Oleander Press

    No part of this publication may be reproduced, in any way without the prior permission of the publisher.

    OLEANDER

    INTRODUCTION

    Anybody who has read the set of instructions on a Chinese-manufactured product is already familiar with the strange, charming, tortured and often nonsensical English that is affectionately known as Chinglish:

    Trushing name is the firs: consumers are the highest

    as one instruction manual for a motorbike begins. But travel through China and you will find Chinglish everywhere. The development of China, and the influx of foreign traders and tourists accompanying it, has meant that English is becoming more and more commonplace. English is used not only between locals and foreigners, but also between Chinese from different regions whose dialects are hard to understand. Computers and the Internet also promote the wide use of English because most of the e-mail addresses use the English alphabet. Nearly all educated young people now have a basic knowledge of English and it is used on signs in many

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