OH! These are some good ones. I have actually been to the Dongda Hospital for Anus and Intestine Disease - but it was just to teach Medical Latin, I swear!

Sadly, Chinglish will become a dying species, since the government has put up a hot line to call and report embarrassing Chinglish (since nothing else might possibly embarrass China during the Olympics, of course.)

But here are a few of my favorites I've seen around...

"RACIST PARK"
(A street-sign labeling the small-world-style Ethnic Minority Park)

"Soda, Diet Soda, Vinegar, Sour Milk"
(An appetizing drink menu mis-translating the Chinese term for yogurt)

"Enter Mouth 500 Rice"
(A sign mistranslating "Entrance 500 Meters" for a par...

OH! These are some good ones. I have actually been to the Dongda Hospital for Anus and Intestine Disease - but it was just to teach Medical Latin, I swear!

Sadly, Chinglish will become a dying species, since the government has put up a hot line to call and report embarrassing Chinglish (since nothing else might possibly embarrass China during the Olympics, of course.)

But here are a few of my favorites I've seen around...

"RACIST PARK"
(A street-sign labeling the small-world-style Ethnic Minority Park)

"Soda, Diet Soda, Vinegar, Sour Milk"
(An appetizing drink menu mis-translating the Chinese term for yogurt)

"Enter Mouth 500 Rice"
(A sign mistranslating "Entrance 500 Meters" for a parking lot, since the Chinese use the same character for rice and meter, and 'entrance' is a compund word joining the words enter and mouth, like as in the mouth of a river)

"Please be civil to the shrine of poetry"
(A sign at Dufu's Cottage in Chengdu, meaning obscure in either language)

"Refresh Our Air, Do Not Throw Rubbish"
(A sign expressing the following logic: trees produce oxygen, trees hate litter, not littering makes trees happy, ergo fresh air - not that the steel mill down the road had anything to do with it...)

"QUESTION AUTHORITY!"
(A sign in many Chinese banks, meaning you should ask a teller for assistance.)

FISH SAUNA
SEAFOOD MASSAGE
(A sign advertising a spa and restaurant, but unfortunately arranging the words vertically rather than horizontally)