The main idea is to have fun. Read some of the previous pages and you’ll see how it’s done. The more references you know from other places, (books, movies, music, etc) the better. If you don’t understand a term someone uses, there’s always google.
Not to be a total nerd, but the term is EFL country. Engrish as a Foreign Language; ESL is for people in English-speaking country who don’t speak the English. Nerd moment has expired…
I literally LOLed when I saw the title of this picture. Was that one of those HBO shorts? I have it on VHS, believe it or not, but I didn’t catch the very beginning.
Apparently, Chief, you just invented a new verb. “Thoughing.” I assume it means the act of offering theoretical objections, e.g., “Even though I gave my wife eighteen good reasons why we need a new boat, she was thoughing them all.”
This isn’t Engrish. It’s an intentional pun by people whose understanding of English colloquialisms is subtle enough to make such a pun. It’s quite the opposite of Engrish.
Far be it from me to minimize DnT’s many hilarious contributions to this site, but I do believe I coined that phrase. I also invented the internet, BTW.
You had me wondering about that, Dr H. I thought you’d linked to the wrong comment. I’m always happy to take the blame(?) for the comments I really made.
To help you tell the difference, JB is bigger than I am.
I know this store, it is in Kuching, Malaysia. owned by my cousin’s friend. and it is indeed a nail polishing store. They came up with the cheeky name on purpose. It is not a fail nor an english. lol
so where does it go?
Maybe her mother went in there and got nailed good but she didn’t found who was the father so she named her daughter like that because she likes cherry …
Its engrish bottom line and not a fail at all. its in a foreign country and whether or not intentional- its a play on words only taken wrong by english speaking people- pretty much the shortened definition of engrish
Well, it sure caught all your attention, didn’t it. It’s called tongue-in-cheek advertising. Kudos to whoever came up with such quirky names. I don’t think this qualifies as engrish and definitely not fail… Nothing seems wrong with it.
Well…not quite ALL my attention. There’s that nifty
“Men in Salami” video that just came out and one of the stars, Milton “Pepper” Onni, makes me salivate.
A bit of googling find another photo of the same place that places it in Malaysia. However it also finds a Yellow-Pages entry for a nail salon in Gilbert, AZ. And another in Mesa, AZ.
It was only a matter of time before someone realized that exotic male dancers needed a day job just as women needed to have their nails done. In a moment of epiphany, one enterprising business owner combined both, unzipping ‘Nail Me Hard’, the world’s first Nail Salon/Exotic Male dancer review. Ladies, leave your troubles behind as buffed-out males buff your nails real good.
I stated I was IMAGINING being in bed with seven supermodels, since I had just won a bunch of points for my overactive imagination. In real life, I have been completely faithful to my wife for 23 years. In my mind, however, I have had torrid affairs with many women. I believe in being monogamous in behavior, but allowing my mind to go wherever it fancies.
I thought you called in the ghost of Billy Mays to get them out of your imaginary bed. See that’s what happens when you allow your imagination to take over your mind.
Oh, I certainly did. But that was to get them out of my bed, which means I was done with them, and wanted to get past the awkward having-to-make-conversation-with-someone-I-hardly-know-but-had-secks-with-anyway part. I always hated that part.
My friend owns this place. She knows exactly what it means and the name of the business is a play of words. Heck, we’ve even told her that’s one kinky name for a manicure business….
riddle me ree
Riddle me roo
Diddle me do.
Ying tong!
iddle i po.
Ooh eeh ah ah ah. Ting tang, walla walla bing bang.
yodleeeheeewhoooooscooobydoobaba
Ramalamadingdong.
Who put the bomp in the bomp bomp bomp bomp bomp?
Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?
I just registered to this website and I don`t yet understand it .
The main idea is to have fun. Read some of the previous pages and you’ll see how it’s done. The more references you know from other places, (books, movies, music, etc) the better. If you don’t understand a term someone uses, there’s always google.
I’ve been hanging around this website about seven months and I still don’t understand it!
If you can’t think up a reference, just make something up. Everyone else does.
As Germaine said in the musical, “Men In Salami,” watch out for salamanders in the drainpipe!
Is that out on DVD yet?
I like the scene where the Captain lets all the mice out.
Wasn’t that a riot? And then Sigfried is like, why mice, and the Captain goes, like is there some other rodent you prefer?
Not yet, but I bet it will.
you registered? to understand you have to pay an extra comprehensibility royalty fee offline and under the table.
REALLY?
(g)3rd!
(N)3RD!
That’s what she said.
Ahh… so refresing I wish there were tons of these everywhere!
Just like discharge of excrement!
where’s the engrish here? it would fit better on failblog.
It is from outside the US. Note the six digit phone number.
So it is possible that it is from an ESL country, and there qualifies as Engrish.
Considering what else goes on at this web site, that is a bit of a quibble.
Not to be a total nerd, but the term is EFL country. Engrish as a Foreign Language; ESL is for people in English-speaking country who don’t speak the English. Nerd moment has expired…
WE WANT MORE NERD! WE WANT MORE NERD!!!
I’m waiting to hear attractive women yelling that!
I’ve had enough of women yelling at me, frankly, attractive or not!
no complaints there.
Damn she must be desperate to put a sign up asking for it AND her phone number.
Crucifixions on the second floor.
Crucifxion?
Yes
Good..Out to the left. one cross each. Next!
Crucifixion?
Er, no, freedom actually.
What
Yeah, they said I hadn’t done anything and I could go and live on an island somewhere.
What’s on the third floor? Beheadings?
No, silly! Above the crucifixions you’d obviously have to have the resurrections.
At Christmas, they have Santa’s Cave up there. At Easter, the cave has an entirely different purpose.
Well, of course, since Christmas is Santa’s birthday. And the Easter Cave is, of course, where the Easter Bunny hatches.
So is the Tooth Fairy on the mezzanine?
No, that’s the Dreadful Pun Hell Fairy. The Tooth Fairy is, of course, under your pillow.
“I’m a woman who knows what she wants.”
I literally LOLed when I saw the title of this picture. Was that one of those HBO shorts? I have it on VHS, believe it or not, but I didn’t catch the very beginning.
“Baby, you are boring!”
Not engrish.
If the person who though up the name is not an native English speaker qualifies, IMNSHO.
And it definitely is not in the US.
thoughing up names must be fun…
… but throwing up names would be the result of a bad word-salad,
Apparently, Chief, you just invented a new verb. “Thoughing.” I assume it means the act of offering theoretical objections, e.g., “Even though I gave my wife eighteen good reasons why we need a new boat, she was thoughing them all.”
Who cares? If you can’t laugh at this, then screw it!
Or forget it and go get hammered.
I think I’d try a different tack.
you must be nuts! if it bolts, then close the staple door.
You can’t pin anything on me! I was only trying to washer!
Fasten-ating!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
That comment has nothing to do with hardware.
To continue, If you hate this picture, then faucet!
This isn’t Engrish. It’s an intentional pun by people whose understanding of English colloquialisms is subtle enough to make such a pun. It’s quite the opposite of Engrish.
show us your proof that it was intentional…
Until proven otherwise, it’s accidental, and engrish…
Who cares? It’s funny. If it lolz, it rolls!
Where have I heard that before…?
Droll’s lolz rolls.
Far be it from me to minimize DnT’s many hilarious contributions to this site, but I do believe I coined that phrase. I also invented the internet, BTW.
A thousand grovelling apologies for the incorrect attribution, Brother John – John’s lolz rolls. As opposed to John’s loo rolls.
Lou Rawls? Isn’t he dead?
No, he’s just pining for the fjords.
He’s in Valhalla, then?
must be a normandy landing…
You had me wondering about that, Dr H. I thought you’d linked to the wrong comment. I’m always happy to take the blame(?) for the comments I really made.
To help you tell the difference, JB is bigger than I am.
He’s riper than you; you’re still green.
what’s blue, then?
past tense of bloe, obvy.
Is that a nail salon? If not, I suppose that poor nailers need not apply.
I know this store, it is in Kuching, Malaysia. owned by my cousin’s friend. and it is indeed a nail polishing store. They came up with the cheeky name on purpose. It is not a fail nor an english. lol
so where does it go?
I imagine a woman who says, “Nail me good,” can go pretty much anywhere she wants.
Take it into the bathroom and nail it against the wall.
Not my first choice, but hey, whatever floats your boat.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/NailmeGood/29403365164#/pages/NailmeGood/29403365164?v=info&viewas=638148744
here is the proof.
I note that one of the fans is named “Cherry Bong”. Now how did she get that name?
Maybe her mother went in there and got nailed good but she didn’t found who was the father so she named her daughter like that because she likes cherry …
She was conceived the first time the bong was used.
Interpretation WIN!
It was a little tough on her 7th younger sister, who was named, “Slut Bong.”
hmmm, Engrish or Fail? I say both! Next!
I would think this would lead to … misunderstandings as to just *what* product you will find in there…
…which is the basis of Engrish. You nailed it good!
Its engrish bottom line and not a fail at all. its in a foreign country and whether or not intentional- its a play on words only taken wrong by english speaking people- pretty much the shortened definition of engrish
Well, it sure caught all your attention, didn’t it. It’s called tongue-in-cheek advertising. Kudos to whoever came up with such quirky names. I don’t think this qualifies as engrish and definitely not fail… Nothing seems wrong with it.
Well…not quite ALL my attention. There’s that nifty
“Men in Salami” video that just came out and one of the stars, Milton “Pepper” Onni, makes me salivate.
If you salivate too much, it draws the salamanders in the drainpipe.
For your information, I called this number, but did not do any nailing.
This is in Malaysia! And the shop owner meant to do that as a tongue-in-cheek.
I find it very hard to make phone calls with my tongue in my cheek.
A bit of googling find another photo of the same place that places it in Malaysia. However it also finds a Yellow-Pages entry for a nail salon in Gilbert, AZ. And another in Mesa, AZ.
I always suspected Arizona was actually a foreign country!
Someone called for me?
Yes. Did you bring your nail gun?
It was only a matter of time before someone realized that exotic male dancers needed a day job just as women needed to have their nails done. In a moment of epiphany, one enterprising business owner combined both, unzipping ‘Nail Me Hard’, the world’s first Nail Salon/Exotic Male dancer review. Ladies, leave your troubles behind as buffed-out males buff your nails real good.
And then these people ripped the name off by calling it, “Nail Me Good” instead of “Nail Me Hard.”
I wish to patronise this establishment immediately.
Oh, so ye be patronizing, now?
I’m sorry, I refuse to take any sort of moral correction from a man who swans around in bed with seven supermodels.
I stated I was IMAGINING being in bed with seven supermodels, since I had just won a bunch of points for my overactive imagination. In real life, I have been completely faithful to my wife for 23 years. In my mind, however, I have had torrid affairs with many women. I believe in being monogamous in behavior, but allowing my mind to go wherever it fancies.
I thought you called in the ghost of Billy Mays to get them out of your imaginary bed. See that’s what happens when you allow your imagination to take over your mind.
Oh, I certainly did. But that was to get them out of my bed, which means I was done with them, and wanted to get past the awkward having-to-make-conversation-with-someone-I-hardly-know-but-had-secks-with-anyway part. I always hated that part.
That should be on fail blog. xD Store name – WIN lolz
I find it hee-larryous that someone would join this site & not get what it’s about.
It takes way less intelligence to use the Interwebnet than it does to understand LOL sites.
omg! i know where this is!! x]
i’ve always insulted it. seriously ridiculous. the people don’t know what it means! hahahah.
My friend owns this place. She knows exactly what it means and the name of the business is a play of words. Heck, we’ve even told her that’s one kinky name for a manicure business….
ORLY?!
And do I have to pay for it? No, thanks.
This is a play on words. not a mistake. dumbasses
Malaysia again!! Yay! Hahaha!