one of those things that wasn't meant to be funny, but is

[Blueberry]

Too funny! When we had some renovations done, we didn't want the non-english speaking workmen to let the cats out of the bathroom. We went back and forth on language for a sign until we had something that translated both ways. It was scary the first few iterations!!

CA

[OakLeaf]

LOL CA! Now you have to share some of the scary phrases!

It reminds me of my parents' trip to China a few years ago. If my dad had a question of a villager, he would ask my mom in English. She would repeat the question in Mandarin to their driver, who in turn would ask the question in the village dialect. Then the answer would travel back up the line in the opposite direction. I wonder how often the answer my dad received had any relation to the question he'd asked!

[VeloVT]

mind the gap = the material of the guata of the thrown one



perhaps more frighteningly:
my stomach hurts = malvagita of the mine of the stomach

Please don't get sick unless you speak the language!

[mimitabby]

the bike was sleek and new, i rode it into town...

via 7 languages:

The bicycle of the movement is structuralized has recently, I
assembled because in the cities it uniforms.

[firenze11]

I decided to see what it would say about mullets. I have to add all the translations because they were pretty hilarious.

Business in the front, party in the back =

Business in the front one, left in the back =

Business in the front, leaves in the rear side =

Commerce in the front part, sheets in the posterior side =

Commerce in the front part, leaves in the posterior side = (Finally!)

Commerce in the front part, slight in the later face

Love it!

[emily_in_nc]

Original English Text:
I want to ride my bicycle.

Translated back to English:
It would wish to hang inside in my bicycle.

Well, wouldn't you too?

~Emily

[shootingstar]

Original English Text:
I want to ride my bicycle.

Translated back to English:
It would wish to hang inside in my bicycle.

Well, wouldn't you too?

~Emily

Very cute....
As a child, I had to translate occasionally for my mother from Chinese to English in the store. Now, a 13-yr. child is quite bored with this responsibility. A full paragraph from mother was shrunken down into 3-4 English words..quite often. The poor clerk wondered what sort of customer complaint she was going to have to cope with...

[teigyr]

I decided to see what it would say about mullets. I have to add all the translations because they were pretty hilarious.

Business in the front, party in the back =

Business in the front one, left in the back =

Business in the front, leaves in the rear side =

Commerce in the front part, sheets in the posterior side =

Commerce in the front part, leaves in the posterior side = (Finally!)

Commerce in the front part, slight in the later face

Love it!

a woman after my own heart DH and I often point out mullets to each other. I used to have the mullet classifications memorized also...though I've grown weak in the past few years. Excellent subject material!