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Engrish is a term used to describe funny and often unintentional misuse of the English language, and there's a website of the same name that has been running since 1999, sharing examples of such instances.

Whether we're talking about restaurant signs, Amazon ads, or product labels, turns out, there's no shortage of texts that were introduced to the public without running them through a proofreader first.

But before we continue, it's important to note that Engrish is not trying to mock or criticize non-native speakers but rather to appreciate the humor that unexpectedly arises in everyday life. So, without further ado, let's do just that!

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Thank Goodness I’m Stuck In The Past

Thank Goodness I’m Stuck In The Past

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What it says in Japanese is that it's dangerous to go further than this point.

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Not Much To Do Here

Not Much To Do Here

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English belongs to the Germanic languages branch of the Indo-European language family.

It is one of the most popular languages in the world, with approximately 1.5 billion speakers, the mother tongue of more than 350 million people, and the most widely taught foreign language.
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Don’t Believe It? C4 Yourself

Don’t Believe It? C4 Yourself

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I’m Betting It’s Not A Bible

I’m Betting It’s Not A Bible

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd be more interested in a gift from Satan than Santa 🎅

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#5

Sometimes We Wish You Were Someone Else

Sometimes We Wish You Were Someone Else

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To someone who is well versed in the language, the mistakes in these pictures might seem absurd, but despite its prevalence, English is quite hard to learn.

"The most difficulty arises when people ... don’t have the advantage of sharing many borrowed words or grammatical patterns," "Sean Sutherland, senior lecturer in English language and linguistics at the University of Westminster, United Kingom, said.

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"This will include speakers of Arabic, Urdu, and Bengali"
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You Can’t Handle It

You Can’t Handle It

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#7

So... This Isn't Sushi

So... This Isn't Sushi

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#8

Make It Look Like An Accident

Make It Look Like An Accident

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#9

It Kills 666% Of The Germs!

It Kills 666% Of The Germs!

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In his own experience, the most common complaint learners make about English is that the spelling of words often has little or nothing to do with their pronunciation.

"It’s easy enough to teach someone how to write the letter 'a', for example, but then they must be taught that its pronunciation changes in words like hat, hate, and father. In oak, it isn’t pronounced at all," the linguist explained.

"Compare this to the simplicity of Spanish, a language in which an 'a' and other vowels rarely change pronunciation from word to word."

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#10

No Ham, No Fourl

No Ham, No Fourl

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#11

Damn Kids

Damn Kids

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#12

I Feel I Can Trust Light Gary

I Feel I Can Trust Light Gary

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#13

Resist. It Is Not Sorry

Resist. It Is Not Sorry

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Furthermore, English keeps adopting new words from other languages (350, to be exact, according to David Crystal's book 'English as a Global Language').

With so many sources behind its evolution, English is malleable, or as Robert Burchfield, calls it in 'The English Language', "a fleet of juggernaut trucks that goes on regardless."

No form of linguistic engineering and no amount of linguistic legislation will prevent the myriads of change that lie ahead, he said, and people whose texts ended up on 'Engrish' would probably agree.
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Swearing At The Water Does Help

Swearing At The Water Does Help

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#15

Employee Complaints Are Down

Employee Complaints Are Down

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Now I Can’t Seem To Think Of Anything Else

Now I Can’t Seem To Think Of Anything Else

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#17

Waves Begin At 9 Am

Waves Begin At 9 Am

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#18

Which Came First... The Driver Or The Fee?

Which Came First... The Driver Or The Fee?

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me as a ghost haunting the parking garage because I forgot my credit card

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Blame it on auto-correct, like whenever you type f**k, it corrects to duck.

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#19

It’s A Long Story

It’s A Long Story

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#20

Show Me Someone Who Can

Show Me Someone Who Can

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#21

Keep Baking, Kids

Keep Baking, Kids

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#22

Now I Am [furious]

Now I Am [furious]

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#23

Because A Whole Child Would Be Insane

Because A Whole Child Would Be Insane

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#24

Careful Injuries Are No Accident

Careful Injuries Are No Accident

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#25

Spanked Tender

Spanked Tender

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#26

If You’re Alive, Thank A Sign

If You’re Alive, Thank A Sign

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Speaking as someone who understands Chinese, it actually says "be careful".

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#27

You Won’t Like The Paper, Either

You Won’t Like The Paper, Either

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#28

And Yet We Keep Selling Them

And Yet We Keep Selling Them

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesnt look like what it says it is but ill take your word for it

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#29

I Swear There’s A Towel

I Swear There’s A Towel

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#30

This Will Go Well With My Naivety Scene

This Will Go Well With My Naivety Scene

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#31

Batman Will Be Sad That He Went Legit

Batman Will Be Sad That He Went Legit

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The pure existence of penguins makes every day nicer, even without drugs 🥰🐧

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#32

Then Open The Door To Turn The Knob

Then Open The Door To Turn The Knob

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#33

Shart Will Do In A Pinch

Shart Will Do In A Pinch

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10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shít. Shít shít shít. BP, get your fúcking censoring straight, stop censoring the punchlines of your own fúcking jokes. /edit: lol, some special snowflake reported this comment and got my account banned from commenting. ABC the Fourth, here we come.

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#34

Your Moist Lies Won’t Work Here

Your Moist Lies Won’t Work Here

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#35

He’s A 9, But A 10 With Soup

He’s A 9, But A 10 With Soup

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The vowel drop overcorrection! In Japanese every consonant except “n” has to have a vowel after it, so there are a lot of loan words where a vowel has been added on the end. So when Japanese people learn English they have to learn to drop the vowel in a lot of those words, and sometimes they drop a vowel that was legit. I am still not OK after hearing a Jpop song where they wanted to say “thank you” in a bunch of languages and they knew that the French word is pronounced “merushi boku” in Japanese so they sang “merci bock”.

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