Missy, please take me to the Anus and Intestine Disease Center
English signs aren’t quite so loopy here in Hong Kong, but we have our share of interesting translations. (Those’ll have to wait for another blog post.) In the meantime, the good folk up at Beijing have apparently decided that funky English signs “cannot stay up just for the amusement of foreigners,” and have unleashed a horde of linguistic monitors to “cleanse its signs of translation nonsense” in preparation for the massive tourist influx accompanying next year’s Olympics. Full article here.
Darn. So now the “Dongda Hospital for Anus and Intestine Disease Beijing” is the “Hospital of Proctology.” Something’s lost there. Good thing this guy’s been documenting the good stuff before it disappears completely.
Thanks to Grumpus for the link.
this resto in Wanchai called Another One Xiao Long Bao (closed now) has the funniest English translation menu ever. my mom jotted some down to show my brother back in manila. we always have a good laugh there!
Well, missy? You can’t say that and then leave me hanging! Spill it.