Belatucadrus Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Someone is coming out with these T-shirts and probably making a fortune from them. Make's you wonder where the hell they get all these phrases from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted March 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Some of them bear the hallmarks of Google translate others show signs of a T-shirt maker with an evil sense of humour knowing full well that the buyers can't read the shirt and as they don't speak the language wouldn't understand if they did. There are quite a few amusing yet rude ones I haven't posted as Irene would delete them tout de suite. I'm quite convinced there are any number of trendy white folks wondering around with Kanji print shirts that say stuff like "Dim white knobhead" convinced that they're wearing some deep meaningful Buddhist tract . Then there are the ones that simply make no sense at all they're not rude or amusing, they just appear to be a random selection of English words and maybe a picture. One of the buzz phrases used by today's apologists trying to prove how right on they are is "Cultural Misappropriation" wear a sombrero "Cultural Misappropriation", put your hair in dreads "Cultural Misappropriation" sing in a foreign language "Cultural Misappropriation". Now the Japanese don't seem to give a toss, they frequently add Engrish lyrics to songs and as often as not they don't necessarily translate that well, for example:- "Crazy shouting, Crazy shouting, do it upside down." Which is a genuine lyric from one of my favourite bands, it just doesn't make a lot of sense. I'm more in tune with the Japanese approach on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Do you think a poster with " Crazy shouting, do it upside down." would further the cause of unilateral isolationism were a series of them displayed along the length of the A1 from The Houses of Parliament to a week next Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 I have no desire whatsoever to buy clothing with writing on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted March 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 1 hour ago, andsome said: I have no desire whatsoever to buy clothing with writing on it. I've designed one for you : マーラーは私の本当の愛です 私の乳首は喜びで爆発する Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, Belatucadrus said: I've designed one for you : マーラーは私の本当の愛です 私の乳首は喜びで爆発する Pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 I'm with andsome on this. I refuse to wear any clothes which bear writing or logos. If Nike, or any other brand, want me to be a walking advert for them they need to pay me handsomely. I also do not allow the dealer to adorn the rear window of my car with any stickers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 I wanted a cap some years ago to keep the sun out of my eyes while playing bowls. A local shop wanted £12 or so for one with a company name on it. When I queried the price he said it was a designer cap. I informed him that someone designs the sensibly priced ones too. I got one from the army and navy stores for less that £4. I hate the word designer when applied to over price articles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4\/!d Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Try one of these: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 11 hours ago, D4\/!d said: Try one of these: I prefer one that has the peak at the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 He is probably a stranger to "looking" and more accustomed to just "seeing". There's a lot of it about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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