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the one you've all been waiting for - chinglish!

well, folks, here it is. the one you've been anticipating. the chinglish entry.

now, i must preface this with a few things. first, i've had several requests for photographs of various storefront signs with strange english on them. so yesterday, i walked the length of one road between school and home, and photographed every strange shop sign i saw.

second, some of you (maybe the less bright bulbs in the bunch) might be wondering what is chinglish, exactly? well, chinglish can be any number of things... sometimes it is a combination of chinese and english speech. sometimes it is english spoken with a chinese thought process (or vice versa), and sometimes it is the very strange/interesting/humorous english translations that abound in various places throughout china.

the following is a collection i've been building since my arrival, and these are the best of the best of chinglish displays i have seen. i personally have photographed every one of these, and did not steal any of them from engrish.com (which, if you haven't checked it out, you must). i have seen every one of these things in person. i hope you enjoy them. if an explanation of the sign's whereabouts is necessary, you may find it as a caption under the photo.


cheers!

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