Engrish Instructions

Sundae · 10-21-2008, 04:57 AM

I've just opened a new desk clock, which I'm delighted with because it has a thermometer (so I can tell people it's not cold and then show them evidence!)

Anyway, the instructions have obviously been translated. Well and well, that's not so unusual. But some of them are just so cute.

My especial favourites - "the time is 12 at clock wee hours" for 12 midnight
And the use of the word glitter instead of flash.

ferret88 · 10-21-2008, 07:44 AM

I rove Engrish!

classicman · 10-21-2008, 08:35 AM

"Under snooze state, if press S key then cancel snooze."

smirk - Don't EVER cancel snooze

dar512 · 10-21-2008, 09:23 AM

There was a high-end calculator about ten years ago, that if you divided by zero, would display the following message:

IRREGO

On the other hand, their English is better than my Japanese.

lumberjim · 10-21-2008, 09:27 AM

There are 7 colors for different choosing

wolf · 10-21-2008, 10:11 AM

Buncha years ago, I had one of those toys, the little tiny rubbery things that you through into a glass of water and magically grow into a great big rubbery thing? This was probably the mid-80s or so, and they were new.

The instructions were all in terribly botched Engrish, but the one line that I remember (because I and my friends repeated it in unison for days) was "It is for the observation and amusement of the swelling."

Stormieweather · 10-21-2008, 03:32 PM

Lol..."the alarm sound keeps for 1 minute."

barefoot serpent · 10-21-2008, 03:43 PM

Quote:

it will display --:-- when the alarm is close

it will display --:-- when the alarm is far

monster · 10-21-2008, 04:17 PM

@ barefoot

DanaC · 10-22-2008, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

"It is for the observation and amusement of the swelling."

lol. I like that.

Scriveyn · 10-22-2008, 06:56 AM

Ok, get your screw driver ready and "Open the clock ..."

"Date: can be changed from 1st, January, 2000 to 31, Dec, 2099." ... and hopefully any date in-between.

"The alarm sound is 'beep'" O RLY

lumberjim · 11-08-2008, 01:17 PM

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lumberjim · 11-08-2008, 01:30 PM

lumberjim · 11-08-2008, 01:32 PM

10-21-2008, 04:57 AM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Engrish Instructions I've just opened a new desk clock, which I'm delighted with because it has a thermometer (so I can tell people it's not cold and then show them evidence!) Anyway, the instructions have obviously been translated. Well and well, that's not so unusual. But some of them are just so cute. My especial favourites - "the time is 12 at clock wee hours" for 12 midnight And the use of the word glitter instead of flash. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-21-2008, 08:35 AM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	"Under snooze state, if press S key then cancel snooze." smirk - Don't EVER cancel snooze __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-21-2008, 09:23 AM	#4
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	There was a high-end calculator about ten years ago, that if you divided by zero, would display the following message: IRREGO On the other hand, their English is better than my Japanese. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-21-2008, 09:27 AM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	There are 7 colors for different choosing __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-21-2008, 10:11 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Buncha years ago, I had one of those toys, the little tiny rubbery things that you through into a glass of water and magically grow into a great big rubbery thing? This was probably the mid-80s or so, and they were new. The instructions were all in terribly botched Engrish, but the one line that I remember (because I and my friends repeated it in unison for days) was "It is for the observation and amusement of the swelling." __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-21-2008, 07:44 AM	#2
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	I rove Engrish!

10-21-2008, 03:32 PM	#7
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Lol..."the alarm sound keeps for 1 minute." __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

10-21-2008, 04:17 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	@ barefoot __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-22-2008, 06:56 AM	#11
Scriveyn amnesic-confabulatory opsimath Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 739	Ok, get your screw driver ready and "Open the clock ..." "Date: can be changed from 1st, January, 2000 to 31, Dec, 2099." ... and hopefully any date in-between. "The alarm sound is 'beep'" O RLY

11-08-2008, 01:17 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	__________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-08-2008, 01:30 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	__________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-08-2008, 01:32 PM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	__________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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