Comments on: Taco Bell Engrish?

By: Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:54:17 +0000

The stinker declined?

By: protection asset

protection asset — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:16:31 +0000

no, just bad engrish.

By: jamay

jamay — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:50:00 +0000

this is what happens when you drop out of high school and work at taco bell, kids!

By: Psychedelic

Psychedelic — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:34:05 +0000

The writer isn’t particularly work, either, I think.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:46:02 +0000

Gwhackamole is about as far as I get when it comes to Spanish. I would have taken Spanish in high school, had it not been taught by a freakish man/woman who liked to talk about her sexcapdes.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:43:49 +0000

That’s pretty much how I see it. I think the government is trying to Bush-ify the school children.

By: PC

PC — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:05:07 +0000

Nice WIN

By: Un Onymous

Un Onymous — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:47:05 +0000

Would “lick” be appropriate here? xP

By: Mick

Mick — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:11:56 +0000

who came at the window? O_O

By: Aubergine

Aubergine — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:31:21 +0000

I accidentally my whole action verb.

By: cindarose

cindarose — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:49:00 +0000

This looks like a sign you would see at a fast food joint in America…

By: petmousse

petmousse — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:36:23 +0000

I think by “No Child Left Behind” they meant,
“EVERYONE stay back with Slow Timmy.”
Meanwhile, nobody gets ahead.

By: petmousse

petmousse — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:32:18 +0000

Definition WIN

By: petmousse

petmousse — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:30:43 +0000

“Lo ciento, el altavoz que no funciona. Venga la ventana por favor.”

By: MRNot

MRNot — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:56:33 +0000

eh.. “currently holding,” that should have read..

By: MRNot

MRNot — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:55:56 +0000

Don’t even get started on the percentage of functionally literate people holding the highest political office in the free world. Thank Darwin that’s about to change..

By: Red13

Red13 — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:08:41 +0000

I prefer my taco without Sauerkraut, thanks. EW.

By: shilla-chan

shilla-chan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:35:36 +0000

English is the official language of some states.

That said, it’s funny that states with higher literacy rates like Washington, Vermont, Oregon, and Minnesota don’t have English Only laws. I’m an immigrant (from Japan) and it can be a little daunting to basically have the state shove you aside. Oh, wait, I live in Washington, where even in the ghetto-arse part of town I live in, Taco Bell has signs in perfect English and I get my cheapo bad-for-me fake burrito with a smile. And admittedly I speak pretty gosh darn good English, too, but that’s because we had bilingual education in school.

I like it this way, thanks.

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:37:43 +0000

…oh, we’re moving on to German now?

By: procrastinating student

procrastinating student — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:01:22 +0000

WASP?
Where’s the EYE-talian in that?
*left out* sniffle….

By: procrastinating student

procrastinating student — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:59:51 +0000

Nein. Du kannst kein Taco haben.

By: procrastinating student

procrastinating student — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:58:51 +0000

I agree. The percentage of functionally illiterate adults in this nation is appalling.

By: procrastinating student

procrastinating student — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:57:13 +0000

“Is our children learning?” (Bush-ism)
I’m glad to see that no child has been left behind.

By: procrastinating student

procrastinating student — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:55:48 +0000

Racism has nothing to do with this because the topic of discussion is language and “Race” is not defined by language.

By: Fox

Fox — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:37:08 +0000

Use an action verb!

By: herb

herb — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:07:10 +0000

I don’t know if you know this, but jizz leaves streaks if you don’t it up right away.

By: joemescher

joemescher — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:32:49 +0000

I Can Has Taco?

By: feisty cadaver

feisty cadaver — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:19:41 +0000

More lilke Spanglish.

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:53:01 +0000

The drinker reclined?

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:50:58 +0000

Believe it or not, English isn’t legally the official language, even though the majority speaks it.
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In other words, it’s demographic makes it a more spoken language in the US, but the U.S. Government hasn’t written a paper specifically stating English is the official language. And some places (like Airports, theme parks and hotels) have Spanish variations on signs/menus. Not to mention it’s widely encouraged as a second language.

By: urwrong

urwrong — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:53:55 +0000

Interesting.
According to the worldfactbook & corroborated by the census bureau, the majority (82%) of Americans speak English, while only 10.7% of Americans speak Spanish.
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Looks like America is still 80% WASP, too. Huh, I thought we were supposed to be more diversified by now.
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Not making a joke. Just making an observation

By: SSgt. Somebody

SSgt. Somebody — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:45:23 +0000

While I don’t disagree with you, all of our street signs are in english, all of our government meetings are held in english, and all of our schools teach in english (unless it’s a foreign language class like spanish, french, etc.). The majority of the population can speak all the spanish they want, but the primary language in the United States is english.

By: Wiggy

Wiggy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:47:47 +0000

Pardon?

By: DuReve

DuReve — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:36:31 +0000

You mean “EL altavoz no funciona. Por favor, pase a la ventanilla”? Nice try, though. Your Spanish goes further than “señorita”, “taco” or “guacamole”.

By: DuReve

DuReve — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:31:55 +0000

Racists…

By: TheCannyScot

TheCannyScot — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:54:12 +0000

You’re sure the Chihuahua isn’t just around the corner with a really big box, going “Here, gringo, gringo, gringo?”

By: squall_drifter

squall_drifter — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:31:16 +0000

Spaniard here… The right way to say this is:
“Lo sentimos. El altavoz no funciona. Por favor acuda a la ventana”
As you see, we don’t use the verb “to be” in this phrase, so I think this wasn’t written by a spanish-speaker.

By: LaEscopeta

LaEscopeta — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:49:02 +0000

“El altavoz no trabaja, viene por favor a la ventana.”
Tal vez, pero no se si es correcto.

By: eowyn_2

eowyn_2 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:35:59 +0000

Yeah, I second the opinion that this was a native english speaker, not one of hispanic origin. The syntax is all wrong for a spanglish sign.

“La altavoz no sirve. Favor de ordenar a la ventana”. Or possibly “en la ventana”, I can’t decide which sounds more correct to me.

Not bad for a gringa?

By: OVERRANDOM

OVERRANDOM — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:55:24 +0000

The sneaker designed?

By: ThinklePeep

ThinklePeep — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:20:06 +0000

I am particularly fond of the wonderfully professional tape job that adheres said informational missive to the drive-thru menu board.

By: faisel

faisel — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:01:46 +0000

the Speaker resigned?

By: stormoftara

stormoftara — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:15:18 +0000

Ow…my pride.

By: Evo7

Evo7 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:35:55 +0000

I would not be surprised at all to find this sign at Taco Bell in my hometown. Dumbasses.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:20:42 +0000

*does the french laugh*

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:02:15 +0000

I CAME! … To pick up my taco.

By: SaNdCrAwLeR

SaNdCrAwLeR — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:31:21 +0000

If that’s in the US… then I’m sorry to say this… but the majority of the population there speaks spanish

By: KaBooM

KaBooM — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:15:51 +0000

That’s the sad truth. *sigh*

By: LOL

LOL — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:00:34 +0000

I know exactly how this guy feels. Please came at my window too. That dirty F%*#er!

By: Hell Hath No Fury

Hell Hath No Fury — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:46:38 +0000

*throws shoe*