Comments on: Don’t you mean crime? http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/ Engrish is NOW! :) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:06:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Oprah Winfrey http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-104960 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:26:21 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-104960 French
“Find the toilet is free”

]]> By: jerk http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-87908 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:39:35 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-87908 Spanish is very close to these languages, whatever they are, so you can petty much understand this sign if you know spanish

]]> By: McFreddie http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-47862 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:18:46 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-47862 What is Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft? Danube Shipping Company?

]]> By: Raindancer http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-47056 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:45:30 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-47056 We called it Franglais in my French class :D

]]> By: FenwayFan25 http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-19878 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:18:03 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-19878 Yeah!?

]]> By: Stefan Aichholzer http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-17897 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:11:49 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-17897 “orrible language”? that’s not nice at all. You go to germany and try speaking german with your english, that’ll sound even more horrible… Very wrong comment… By the way, try saying: Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft (That’s german and it’s one word) and have a native german understand you, then we’ll see…

]]> By: AJHunter http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-13102 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:06:55 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-13102 its italian on top. i was in italy for 8 years. i know these things…

]]> By: someguy http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-12359 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:22:56 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-12359 Comment fail below….I fix….

Italian actually does have two different verbs for the two….so this is just bad….haha

It also makes perfect sense in Italian- “The use of the toilets is free,” (literally) so I think that is the native language of the writer.

]]> By: someguy http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-12358 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:21:50 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-12358 I think it’s a fairly common thing in a lot of languages to have a single verb that means both “pay” and “cost” depending on the context (at least in Finnish anyway). It makes for amusing mix-ups like this one. Finns are also perpetually mixing “lend” and “borrow” as well, for the same reason.

Italian actually does have two different verbs for the two….so this is just bad….haha

It also makes perfect sense in Italian- “The use of the toilets is free,” (literally) so I think that is the native language of the writer.

]]> By: megs http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-12061 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:54:08 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-12061 Pheses? Phail

]]> By: ------ http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-12002 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:02:19 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-12002 joke comprehension FAIL

]]> By: MaxArt http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11995 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:25:53 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11995 We use to say “engrish” to tell the difference between English and the orrible language that people in Eastern Asia (who can’t pronounce the letter ‘L’) speak to communicate with English-speaking people.
How can we apply the same concept to French? In English, we say “French” not “Frinch”, after all…

]]> By: jackie31337 http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11993 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:13:39 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11993 I think it’s a fairly common thing in a lot of languages to have a single verb that means both “pay” and “cost” depending on the context (at least in Finnish anyway). It makes for amusing mix-ups like this one. Finns are also perpetually mixing “lend” and “borrow” as well, for the same reason.

]]> By: Slartibartfast http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11979 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:59:09 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11979 This is it exactly. Ironically, they probably have a good number of American tourists coming through (since they put up the sign in English) – who will be more confused by “toilets don’t pay” than by the idea of a free public restroom.

]]> By: theRam http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11962 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:10:38 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11962 the literal translation is right but that’s how you’d say it in french

]]> By: theRam http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11961 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:09:34 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11961 c’est correct. :D

]]> By: Dzamie http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11946 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:31:31 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11946 Actually, Français win, not Flançais

]]> By: Dzamie http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11945 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:30:33 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11945 It’s supposed to be “c’est”. I don’t know much french, but “c’ets” seems wrong

]]> By: Private Parts http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11944 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:43:41 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11944 This probably just means don’t PAY the Bum trying extort money from you as you poop!

]]> By: D.R. http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11942 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:39:34 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11942 Yeah, toilets never pay. Bunch of cheapskates.

]]> By: Leanan http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11928 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:50:37 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11928 Ooopsie. And the French has a typo.

]]> By: mini http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11915 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:52:29 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11915 Comment WIN! :D

]]> By: Gio http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11914 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:52:04 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11914 I’d go with Frinch.

]]> By: Gio http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11913 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:51:03 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11913 It’s Italian at the top.

]]> By: Garbledina http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11912 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:48:15 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11912 Damn toilets, I give them so much pheses and they give me nothing in return.

]]> By: faunablues http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11911 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:44:59 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11911 lit translation (I think):

To use the toilets it’s free.

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]]> By: Lisa http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11908 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:03:11 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11908 Uhhhh…that’s French at the bottom, and I think Portugese or Italian at the top. I majored in Spanish and minored in French in college. But yes, it does say “The toilets are free” in French.

]]> By: Randi http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11907 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:54:04 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11907 Heh. Engrish. Not just for Asian languages, anymore.

]]> By: TheCannyScot http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11906 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:42:21 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11906 Flançais WIN!

]]> By: Ryan Waxx http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11903 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:08:36 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11903 They certainly DO pay… after I’ve had a all-you-can-eat burrito and tequila special.

Oh yes, they will pay…

]]> By: Karin http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11900 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:53:21 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11900 I think this one is fairly lost on us Americans since it’s uncommon to have to pay for restrooms. I know I was shocked to find out that this was not the practice when I went to Europe and even found myself bargain restroom shopping in London. Lets just say that you really get what you pay for in this department (not always true in the smaller towns) and I did use the 1pound Harod’s bathroom to test my theory. Since then, I have not taken public restrooms for granted and always go before I leave.

]]> By: Moon http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11899 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:10:26 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11899 In Italian it says “use of these toilets is free” … But yeah, seriously.
What do you call it when it’s mangled in different languages? Flench? Doesn’t quite have the same ring, huh.

]]> By: DFT http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11898 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:47:48 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11898 Funny! They even make a mistake in French…
It’s supose to be “c’est” and not “c’ets”. And just sentence wise, it’s competly wrong.

]]> By: smacky http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11894 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:02:07 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11894 Use of the toilets is free. Hey, everyone! Free toilets!

]]> By: blah http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11893 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:44:03 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11893 Language fail. xD

]]> By: My http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11892 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:43:22 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11892 spanish? where do you read something in spanish here?

]]> By: satchfan15 http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11891 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:40:05 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11891 I read it like: “The toilets don’t pay you when you use them.” WHY NOT????

]]> By: Leanan http://engrishfunny.failblog.org/2008/11/22/engrish-dont-you-mean-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-11890 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:16:45 +0000 http://engrishfunny.wordpress.com/?p=3807#comment-11890 (First.)

In spanish it says they’re free.

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