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Again? I wasn’t comfortable with the pat down last time.

engrish funny female only

Western Style
Once again, make sure that you are a woman.
This is the female-only toilet

Engrish photo by Lux A

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  1. PoodleGroomer says:

    Another company having trouble with the acceptance of an unassigned transgender individual.

  2. Jennifer says:

    Is it OK if I check once I’m in a stall…that’s not the kind of thing I want other people to see :(

  3. whaddawhaddaWHAT? says:

    *checks pants* whoa, that wasn’t there before. Guess I can’t use this bathroom.

    • HellHathNoFury says:

      bwahahaha! I think this requires immediate hands-on um…medical attention…yes, medical.

  4. qwerqw says:

    Ok it’s Funny. But how is this related to Engrish ??!?
    I don’t see any grammar/spelling errors.
    FAIL !

    • Bun says:

      The part where they didn´t kniw how to spell sh*tcan? xD

    • parksj1 says:

      Agreed – this could be in an American establishment…

    • catgirl says:

      It says, “this is the female-only toilet.” There aren’t really any grammar mistakes, but they use unconventional grammar that most native speakers wouldn’t use.

      • Points Giver says:

        +200 points for grammar considerations. Note also the use of “female” in a peculiar manner. Not to mention, the whole thing being silly. Definitely just barely counting as Engrish, but about to be overwhelmed by being ridiculously dumb.

  5. Jase says:

    Im amused at the fact they stated that the toilet is WESTERN STYLE..what is that supposed to mean? LOL

    • Jennifer says:

      Some other countries apparently have shallow pan-type contraptions on the ground…you hafta squat and aim.

      • chloe says:

        i went skiing in alpe d’huez – france.
        toilets wern’t nice..
        there was a hole in the ground with a frame around it and you had to squat. i held it in ’till i got back to the hotel.
        eheheee.

        • kurtofan says:

          Turkish toilets are seldom in France and generally reserved to some cheap public toilets or bars (it’s still very uncommon),we have normal toilets at home and most places,you know.You just were unlucky to find turkish toilets ^^(I hate them to)

        • J says:

          You sure it was the toilet? XD

          “Hey Louise, some guy just crapped in the garbage!” “Damn tourists, thinking they can just go anywhere! What is wrong with them!”

          When I was in France they had normal toilets at all the hotels, but no locks on the doors. Sharing a room, you had to be careful.

    • Cher says:

      I’m guessing this is China or Japan? Please correct me if I’m wrong.
      They mostly use squat toilets there, so by a “Western Style” toilet they mean a normal toilet. :)

      • Jase says:

        But I’ve seen squat toilets in western countries too. LOL..western style toilets… =P

        • Droll not Troll says:

          I don’t think they have toilets in Westerns. The cowboys go behind the nearest bush or rock. The women didn’t use toilets- they were TOO pure!

      • oh hi says:

        They use squat toilets in China, but in Japan they have super-evolved toilets with all kinds of buttons and bidet and stuff. So I think this might be China.

        • Andrea says:

          And white noise buttons so the person in the next stall can’t hear you pissing (or so i read one time).

        • DuRêve says:

          Yeah, what’s with all those buttons? Imagine that you’re busy doing your stuff and then, click, you push one and next you know you’re bein ejected! Simpler works better for me.

    • dr handle says:

      Western style toilet: you have wear a big hat and a checked shirt to go into this loo.

    • Heather says:

      Means it comes with a saddle and plays the theme to “Rawhide.”

      • JohnB says:

        Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
        Though my belly’s swollen
        Keep them turdies rollin’, Rawhide!

    • bah says:

      go visit another country and get some culture, dude.

  6. Droll not Troll says:

    What the heck are those girls trying to signify with their hands? That it’s for female p0rn stars only? 0_o

    • Jennifer says:

      thay luk liek sumwun tuk ther cheezburgers away!

    • Hebime says:

      It’s a little heart symbol that Japanese girls make in photos sometimes.
      This is maid cafe, where the attraction is being served by a cute hyper girl in a maid outfit.
      In Japan toilets are either ‘Japanese’ being the squat type or ‘Western’ being the sit down type.

      But no engrish.
      This sign is fine and kinda funny in the context(girls rarely go to maid cafes)
      I guess some people just can’t tell the difference between ‘poor english’ and ‘something funny in a foreign country’

    • Jtou says:

      they are heart symbols duh <3

  7. Failtruza says:

    No matter how many times you check your sex, it’s always good to make sure once again, just in case, you never know.

  8. dr handle says:

    Can I get some sort of concensus here – just how many times a day am I supposed to check to see if I’ve undergone some sort of surreptitious spontaneous gender reassignment? Oh, and if that posse of Silent Hill wannabes are waiting in the ladies’ loo to check that I’m female, then I’ll take my chances in the men’s loo.

  9. puppatoons says:

    Once again? How many times am I supposed to check?

  10. dragonrady says:

    As many times as necessary, Funboy. WE KNOW AND WE SEE.

  11. mamarosa says:

    Just checked. It’s all good.

    But I am ‘in coming moon’ and I forgot my sarong.

    Can I still enter?

  12. skrag2112 says:

    Western Style toilets? What, are they mesquite flavor?

  13. dethduck says:

    You know, I’m surprised no one else has mentioned it, but why is it a “female only” toilet?

    • JohnB says:

      It appears to be elliptical and has a large opening. Male toilets are more elongated and have small openings. I tell you, the quality of sex education today is really slipping…

    • Ladythorne says:

      Um, because in some countries public toilets are unisex, meaning men and women can use them at the same time. This being a female only toilet means that it is a women’s bathroom and only women are allowed in. Probably to protect those cute cafe maids from being molested by their customers while they heed the call of nature

  14. buckinarut says:

    “Western Style potties?” Way back in the ol’ West, like Little House on the Prairie or Bonanza, they used outhouses that didn’t quite look like the thing on the sign. Those were gender neutral- guess that’s what the crescent carved in the door meant.

    The little girls’ hand sign looks a little bit like something in ASL. If they’d lap their tongue over the circle made by their hands, they’d be signing the word than concerns the act of making a female writhe. In a good way. If I’m not mistaken. About the ASL sign and the female writhing, that is. Reckon, then, their hand sign is perfect. But I don’t know ASL myself, I’ve just had knowledgeable friends and acquaintances of the hearing impaired variety teach me a few obscenities.

  15. buckinarut says:

    And those who don’t think it’s Engrish- yes, technically, it’s “correct”, no grammar or spelling mistakes. But it’s awkwardly worded English- no native speaker would talk like this… unless you’ve hit them in the head with a rebar or something. “Once again” at the start of the sentence- there’s an assumption that you personally goofed before and didn’t check to see if you had a Johnson or not, and you may have never seen the sign or wandered into the toilet by mistake yet. Innocent until proven guilty, dammit. The tone sounds slightly “fresh” or overly familiar- like using the Spanish “tú” form and not “Ud.” with a stranger or elder. And “female-only” is not a phrase I use very often, unless I’m being a smart-ass or something.

    And, finally, to answer dethduck, it’s “female-only” ’cause the ladies want one damn toilet where the fool menfolk don’t wee on the seat. I’m a Buck who grew up in a house with 5 Does, and know about these things. And ladies, I raise the seat when I does my (liquid) bidness, then I do put the lid down. I been house-broken.

  16. sillywhiskers says:

    I agree with buckinarut. The idioms use are not typical for a native English speaker, so it’s Engrish.

  17. J says:

    “Once again make sure that you are a woman”

    Its either engrish or in San Francisco.

  18. Mark. Gooley says:

    Okay, am I imagining things, or are some public toilets in Japan of the you-squat variety and used by both men and women? In that context the sign makes perfect sense apart from the weird (and frankly Engrish) wording.

  19. cardinal_biggles says:

    *checks*
    All systems go

  20. iesu0z says:

    i believe.. they are trying to hint something, something like “this is female only *wink wink*, and its western *wink wink* you couldn’t possibly put a hidden camera under the seat rink *wink wink*”

  21. :D says:

    (tottaly un relivant) their outfit are so omega cute >w<

  22. dukethepcdr says:

    “once again”? how many times have they warned us before this sign? Are there signs warning you this is for females all the way down the hall? I’m not a woman the last time I checked, but I’ll be sure to check again before going to this place.

  23. かわいい積立金〔子猫〕! says:

    well, im pretty sure im a girl, last time i checked.

  24. Didn’t know it was such a big problem to use the toilet. When you have to go, you have to go..no time to double check your gender.


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