elysesewell: fly honey

Elyse Sewell (

elysesewell) wrote,
@ 2007-07-21 23:50:00

fly honey
Who is that sexy bitch looming scoliotically in the window of a Causeway Bay ladies' golfwear shop behind a polo shirt that reads, "Since you are merely lukewarm, I'm going to spit you out of my mouth"? That's the question on everyone's lips here on the razor-sharp cutting edge of fashion.

Do I need to reassert my opinion that certain foibles of translation are inherently funny and justify my decision to post them? Didn't think so. These are from my Beijing hotel room (the notice on the door and the menu from the hotel's restaurant).

(Thanks to

paulkienitz for the Photoshop job on this one.)

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	midnight_d 2007-07-21 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	:D I just love your posts. And raw, where can I get me that outfit? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	midnight_d 2007-07-21 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	Erm, "rawr". And woot, FIRST! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	hopelesswriter 2007-07-21 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	I don't even want to know what "explodes sausage" does to your digestive system. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	thenotoriousphd 2007-07-22 01:47 pm UTC (link)
	I suspect it's pretty self-explanatory. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lillokiangel 2007-07-21 03:58 pm UTC (link)
	Poor seadogs and their burned skin. (Reply to this)

	bo_shek 2007-07-21 03:58 pm UTC (link)
	first? HAHA! where is the 'Causeway Bay ladies' golfwear shop'? n hv u bought that cd yet? maybe i can let my fd help me as he is going to mainland. ;] btw, those dishes names are so funi whether in chinese or english. hv u tried them all? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	__loveisrevenge 2007-07-21 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	But - just what are "supenor scattering facilities," and are they effective in "explodes sausage" situations? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	elysesewell 2007-07-21 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	Please don't worry. Just make your way to the information corridor. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	cinemama 2007-07-21 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	What do hand bags have to do with text from Revelations? John Waters is probably the only one who can answer that question. (Reply to this)

	stupidactor 2007-07-21 04:03 pm UTC (link)
	This is not the entry to see when I wake up and haven't turned on my brain yet. "...cooking the family what?" P.S. Went off and downloaded more of The Animals. Here's to discovering more than one hit! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	meliasaurus 2007-07-22 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	love your icon :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	moroccomole 2007-07-21 04:07 pm UTC (link)
	Haiku for you: Red point stand for where The Chrysanthemum iron Onion burns sea dog (Reply to this) (Thread)

	elysesewell 2007-07-21 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	Oh hell no! Was it "Salon St Karl"? HA!!! Love it. Thanks for posting this. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Yeah-Ya! (Anonymous) 2007-07-21 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	Woot anything that explodes sausage is alright with me... Shouldn't they have people that check the translations and make sure they aren't jarringly incorrect? I guess it's not that, that important so they wouldn't but whatever perhaps it's all for the best because if they fixed it what would we have to laugh at? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	elysesewell 2007-07-21 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	The Jollibee icon makes it a truly transcendent experience. Arigato gozaimashita. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lolita_complex 2007-07-21 04:07 pm UTC (link)
	i just happened upon a photo of you with a mushroom cut in my UK hair mag! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	reihime 2007-07-21 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	hilarious!! (Reply to this)

	STAND=UP COMIC waynefromlorain 2007-07-21 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	My theory about these weird translations is that they hire a Chinese stand-up comic to write the menus and hotel directions to confuse and baffle all those crazy foreigners. It makes you think hard before you chow down on the exploded sausages. (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2007-07-21 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	Be wary of explosive sausage! LOLOL! (Reply to this)

	paulkienitz 2007-07-21 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	hahaha.... The fire directions were kinda illegible on my monitor so I enhanced the picture: (Reply to this) (Thread)

	invisibelle 2007-07-21 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, heh, I got a good laugh at that as well. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ncsujen 2007-07-21 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	haha I am dying for that polo shirt, I want to give it to my mother. (Reply to this)

	squata_hey 2007-07-21 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Red point stand for where you stay now" is my favorite REM song. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Murmuring pajmo 2007-07-22 05:09 am UTC (link)
	Holy shit! Right before I read your comment I was thinking that Michael Stipe must have gone to school in China Town, Also, when I read "Red point stand for where you stay now" on that sign, I decided that I have to write a song and include that line in it. Yup. Chuck I suspect Bush may have had a Chinese tutor in his youth - "Put food on your family." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	banked 2007-07-21 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	SCATTERING FACILITIES (Reply to this)

	teh_dirty_robot 2007-07-21 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	This was one of the best engrish-y things I photographed while I lived in Taiwan. I'm really devastated that the photo I took of the 'Eye glass cunt' store is gone. (Reply to this)

	megiknit 2007-07-21 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	so that's the newest trend in the east....security belts.... ...kinda sounds like some kind of old folks underpant. (Reply to this)

	fairytownsend 2007-07-21 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	"The chrysanthemum iron saucepan cooks the family.." the lost portion of beauty and the beast's "be our guest" scene (Reply to this) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2007-07-22 02:00 am UTC (link)
	HAHAHA! nice! i like that one! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tortestrane 2007-07-21 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	I had to search for that shirt after reading this entry, and upon google-ing it I discovered that it's actually from a bible verse. Revelations 3:16. I'm not sure if that's common knowledge (it doesn't seem like it would be), but I think that that makes it all the more hilarious. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	homo_ono 2007-07-23 04:29 am UTC (link)
	It certainly wasn't common knowledge to me and I also think that it makes the shirt all the more strange and entertaining. "I know you well - you are neither hot nor cold; I wish you were one or the other! But since you are merely lukewarm, I will spit you out of my mouth." (Rev 3:15-16) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	stevejosephson 2007-07-21 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	You reading The Time Traveler's Wife? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	elysesewell 2007-07-21 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	Nope, just wrote it down because mayzface loved it. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	sillysally310 2007-07-21 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	Hahahaha This is sooooooooooo funny!!!! Who will know what the food is and order them???? (Reply to this)