Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Outdoing native English

Japanese Engrish gets criticized and for the most part rightly so. But sometimes they get it right. Here are some examples.

Guess what these phrases are in Japanese:
1) Thong
2) Comb over
3) Porn videos

And the answers are:
1) T-back: Looks like the letter 'T' on an ass. Who would've thunk it. The Japanese, of course.
2) Bar code: This one beats comb over by a mile. Of course it only makes sense on dark haired, half bald men, but that's not the fault of the Japanese.
3) AV: Means audio visual in real English, but who cares? In the real world it means adult video. Otherwise known as porn. Heck, yeah!

Here's another that's nice and to the point: セックスフレンド (sekkusufurendo) sexfriend

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