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Bad Bathroom
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might be german (bad=bathroom)
it is. so not very funny
Agreed.
Could just as well be Dutch.
Bad means bath in Dutch too.
In german it doesn’t mean bathroom, but also bath.
Ouch, I missed that comment, sorry for mentioning again that it can be Dutch too.
Or Dutch. In Dutch bad = bathroom too.
We mostly don’t translate to English though.
Bad is danish.
And it means bathroom.
But sure it’s funny, when you don’t know it.
The German word for bathroom is Badezimmer, the dutch word is badkamers. if the sign was bilingual it would use one of those words, not simply “bad”, which means simply “bath”, not “bathroom.
I’d assume that “bad” is a mistranslation of “disabled”, which is funny.
its not a mistranslation of “disabled”
Bad is short for Badezimmer. same in dutch i think.
i just means bathroom.
i can see how its funny for people that dont know it though.
well you could actually call “bathroom” “bad” in german, its just informal, i can assure you it has nothing to do with a mistranslation, its just not proper german (i know this because i’m an austrian)
And, WHO would like to print “disabled” on a permanent sign????..
I believe its danish or or norwegian. In danish you can use bad as a short for badeværelse
Korrekt!
Although you’d never use “badeværelse” on a sign. It would always be just “bad” (bath)
Since Bathroom in English has a double connotation, meaning both a place to take a bath and a more polite word for toilet, it’s not quite correct to translate “bad” with “bathroom” – I don’t think many Danes would ask for the bathroom if they needed to go to the loo… Not anymore at least. Perhaps 50 years ago..
Will you please stop posting signs with perfectly correct words in other languages! Engrish is about the incorrect use of English. This is a bilingual sign, the first in German (or Danish, apparently), the second in English. A little research goes a long way…
Somehow I think you miss the point of this site. There is nothing wrong with posting bilingual signs when the meaning can be misinterpreted
Thank you for explaining this tactfully. I could not have.
Might actually be any germanic language… But not Englirsh.
it doesn’t matter if it’s correct words in other languages. What matters is that there’s a handicapped person on the sign and the words “Bad Bathroom”. If you don’t like it then go to engrish.com
Wow… there is so much passion in your words
“Engrish is about the incorrect use of English.” And the *humor* – or, if you prefer, *humour* – derived thereof. Please make a note of it. Thank you. As the site note says below, “Please. Just enjoy.”
Clam down. We are happy to funny you.
Oh, ferf huck’s sake, I’d rather just gather ye lols while (and where) ye may. If it’s a bit of a giggle, who cares? I for one am most content to be happily funnied (thank you, dragonrady).
I’m a native speaker of German and I think it’s funny anyway (just like reading “bad design” and wondering why anyone would hire those people), and no one could possibly know every word in every language, so why the fuss…
secondend.
I´m also german and signs like this make me laugh.
See? Even the Germans are having a giggle – if they think it’s funny, it has to be amusing.
When they giggle, they are no real germans
Well, if they’re synthetic ones, they will do just fine anyway.
Bad means bathroom in norwegian as well, but I loled! When english-speaking people find our signs like Fart (=speed) or Hell (=downwards) funny, we laugh with them
So… Superman is as fast as a farting bullet?
Faster*
Also, some people shoot Hell.
Superman kom med en fart! = Superman came with a fart! Hihi.
“Supermann kom med en fart” kinda gives you the wrong impression. Hihi…
Jet propulsion, perhaps? Popeye ate spinach; maybe Superman ate baked beans.
Which, sadly, was only the first half of my point. Sadly.
bad is german for bathroom so its not very funny
Bad means bathroom in Swedish also but its funny like this.
Yep as other people have said, people really need to get their facts straight and stop being ignorant to the fact its in another language.
What is this? Pedants on teh interwebs day?
Oooh oooh ooooh can I have a go? Can I have a go? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I have a go? I do pedant ever so well!
alright go ahead. you have my permission: AT ‘EM BOY!!
oh my..it’s you! i’ve got to buy some better shades..
Your shades are fine, perhaps just take them off a little more often. You silly sausage, you.
You do pedantry in an enjoyable and amusing way. It’s these other types who seem to be unaware of the humo(u)r intent whose pedantry is bothering me (I not has a PMS! Rly!!!). Pedant away, good doctor!
Oh, now I’ve been given permission, I don’t know if I want to…
In that case, DO NOT! There, are you sufficiently confused yet? You rebel-without-a-pause!
I prefer “rebel-without-a-clue”. Now I’ve forgotten what the start of this thread was, so I’ll just wander off aimlessly to make another cuppa. Oooooh, look, a biscuit!
*sings*
I tried to let you be a pedant, you said “no, no, no”
I’m going on vacation later this week, but apparently my brain is already there …
That’s terribly considerate of your brain, it can put the beer in the fridge, the party pies in the oven and the DVD in the player and have them ready when you get there.
Meh, nice as that sounds, it’s not bloody likely. I’m visiting my parents, who have promised to press-gang me into helping clean out some of their things. (On the upside: they will buy and prepare most of the food for the duration of my visit, which is always good.)
You all giving me funny.
We love to give each other funny. Strongly. Sadly, still we missing rebuttle-ing each other promptly.
I agree…we’re being pulled away by some unknown forces that compell us to do daily chores and not enjoy ourselves
Somehow, “Reply”ing just doesn’t seem as much fun as connecting rebuttle.
And LEPRY would confuse noobs. I always liked “rebuttle”. Sounds like a butler with OCD.
There’s one thing to do! OK people: let’s go on striiiiiike!
The “Bad is German for bathroom so it’s not funny” comments crack me up more than the picture. There’s no need to get pissy, but please, continue. I’m thoroughly entertained.
It also seem that people posting these posts don’t read other peoples posts, or otherwise they would see that the fact that Bad means bathroom in several if not all mideuropean languages has been stated in this comment section for about a hundred times already.
Bad Bathroom! No urinal cake!
I hate urinal cake. The toppings are never good.
Yeah, and they tatse so much like the lemonade my mother-in-law makes me.
I’ve often wondered (having scattered a fair number of toilet lollies myself whilst working as a guest house maid during uni hols) – are they actually supposed to have a deodorant function (because they smell just as bad as urine, in many cases) or are they to give men something to aim at? Otherwise, why would the be bright yellow?
If they are targets, they clearly do not work!
I can blow a bubble with my bumbumbum?
To anyone else unfortunate enough to remember this song, I’m sorry I caused the repetition in your head.
Down boy! Bad bathroom! And no dinner for you tonight!
Bad bathroom? Snakes in the toilet?
I’m sick of these mother#(%&ing snakes in my mother#(%&ing toilet!
Well actually, with all the comments on what “bad” means in about every Germanic language (including my own)… This might be a real room to bathe in
Am very much enjoyed by all the comments on whether it’s funny or not.
Actually you wouldn’t find a toilet sign saying “Bad” in Germany, at least not as far as I know. Usually it’s “WC” or “Toiletten” or just a pictogram…
Same in The Netherlands. It’s probably a real bathroom (i.e. a room with a bath, not a toilet) for the disabled.
Confusing, no? We are so used to toilets being labelled “bathroom”; if we actually want a bath, what sign do we look for? If I ever find a “restroom” that doesn’t contain a toilet, things could get messy!
Such a mean bathroom…
um, strange.
Here’s an open invitation:
For all you who find a picture unfunny, PLEASE by all means feel free to UNCOMMENT.
For all you who wish to debate the function of “Engrish,” and what languages it can or can’t encompass, and whether words that happen to make sense in another language but are hilarious in English should or shouldn’t be included, please feel free to DEBATE ELSEWHERE, perhaps on scholasticismisagrimbusiness.com.
For everyone else, let the lolz rollz!!!
Sadly, I have a feeling that I’d have quite a lot of self-righteous fun on such a site…
I always did, which is why I spent so many years in the halls of academe and earned so few degrees…
My supervisor always complained that a uni would be a fantastic place to work in, if it wasn’t crawling with students for so much of the time. (He usually said this after I’d blown something up.)
Perhaps it IS in fact a Bad Bathroom, since it seems to be equipped with Pac-Men who bite your a$$ when you sit down.
I’ve been to that Zurich hostel and have that exact same picture!!
Could be Swedish. Funny only if you don’t know it’s actually a foreign word and not an English mistake.
thats a fckn huge ass peircing
weird perception WIN!
Or Norwegian.. Or Swedish or Danish…