Comments on: At last we have truth in advertising

By: translation services

translation services — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:46:07 +0000

There is much truth in advertising in the U.S. that most people realize. How many times have you heard the application, Killital nothing better than to relieve headaches.

By: green tea

green tea — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:52:10 +0000

Still some companies showing something in advertising and when you go to store to purchase, you get different thing at different price.

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sojib — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:03:53 +0000

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By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:09:33 +0000

Just because it doesn’t say they buy bikes in a language you can read, doesn’t mean they don’t say it. Japan is semi-notorious for this, as English is basically used for emphasis.

I’ve heard it said [many times] that Japanese like English Words, but not English itself, and frankly, I understand why given the incredible complexity of the English language compared to Japanese. (Character-set issues with Japanese aside for a moment)

By: Points Giver

Points Giver — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:45:09 +0000

SB is close, and may be right, but the sign actually says the place BUYS bikes. It may or may not be in the delivery business.

There are countless examples in the United States of businesses that advertise “high prices” for buying back used stuff like cars or bikes, so that’s simply not engrish. I can understand you’re expecting a mistake if you come to this site, but if you think for a minute, even a foreigner is unlikely to confuse “high” and “low.” This site really just needs someone to go through and check that these LOLs aren’t actually duds. You can agree that duds are disappointing, right?

By: Points Giver

Points Giver — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:34:29 +0000

I’m pointing out that you look stupid to anyone in the know. You got the memo, and you got a memo explaining it. There is so much funny Engrish on this site that knowledgeable people can enjoy.

Granted, I’m sending you mixed messages. On one hand, I’m trying to be nice and point out when lay people are embarrassing themselves. On the other hand, I hate lay people.

By: Bob Jay

Bob Jay — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:28:33 +0000

Advertising is the key to a successful business. TV advertising is very effectice, but can be quite expensive. Not any more now there is Tri-state TV Video and Radio advertising. Just $99.00 per month. This price can not be beat…………..

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:44:28 +0000

It’s the fact they use the words “high price” that makes this Engrish, and made most of us assume they were selling something. If they’re the ones paying the money, then pointing that out would be a good idea.

By: hollyr57

hollyr57 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:40:02 +0000

I guess we have to say this over and over because no one ever bothers to read earlier posts: no one thinks that Chinese or Japanese or any other country has stupid people in it making lots of erros in English. We don’t use this site to put other cultures down. Sorry if you think we do but it’s just not true. We use the posted signage to jump off into our own weird version of humor. We pun, we use whimsy, we laugh at our silly selves. It’s not now nor has it ever been about laughing at the Asians. Jeez Louise, fella, no one is attacking you!
If you can’t have fun with this site, try the Fail Blog. You’ll see just how often we English-speakers laugh at ourselves. Peace.

By: SB

SB — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:15:59 +0000

This isn’t funny if you know what it says. This is a company that hires people with motorcycles to deliver items to businesses in downtown Tokyo. Therefore and everyday hight price is a good thing when referring to salary.

By: Points Giver

Points Giver — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:44:45 +0000

+900 points if you thought of the possibility that they are advertising the price that they BUY things. +1000 points if you thought about the improbability that words like “high” and “low,” like “yes” and “no” or “right” and “left,” are confused in countries like Japan or China. Get real, English may be universal, but it’s not as hard as you might like to think if your SAT score is as poor as it is.

I’m not killing a joke or anything. I’m just saying that to enjoy this as a joke, you’d have to be as stupid as the stupid mistake you think you’re laughing at.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:15:18 +0000

Oh, you dreadful punster, you…

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:22:12 +0000

I wouldn’t say that. It looks like all that caffeine has doubled your p output.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:14:42 +0000

The limbest are all members of the Vice Squid.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:25:22 +0000

I have great faith in the power of a well-timed chocolate biscuit and a cup of tea. That’s my cure for everything from a seized engine to post-op knee pain, on the grounds that it can’t ppossibly make the situation worse.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:49:21 +0000

Believe it or not, placebos have side effects, often more severe than the actual drug.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:47:35 +0000

Everybody knows that more expensive medicines always work better!

By: PoodleGroomer

PoodleGroomer — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:01:01 +0000

The billing office has found a way to add $30 per capsule to your tab.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:58:25 +0000

Get away from that can of peanuts! It’s much too young!

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:56:07 +0000

After my second cardiac surgery, I was given a painkiller that was not morphine, as I had a bad reaction to that the first time. When I asked what the new stuff was called, the nurse told me some name that didn’t make much sense, and I couldn’t find any reference to it later. (I’ve forgotten it now).
I often wondered if they gave me a placebo. I don’t recall being in chronic pain on either occasion.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:53:43 +0000

But I AM just f*cking nuts! You can ask my wife! Let me rephrase that…

By: Ai Nan

Ai Nan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:47:26 +0000

So true…

By: Dreadful Spelling Sprite

Dreadful Spelling Sprite — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:31:23 +0000

“Your just f*cking nuts”??? YOU’RE setting a great example, aren’t you, you sloop you?? *ding*

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:29:38 +0000

And BTW, if you’re ever in a hospital or nursing home and start getting something called “Cebocaps,” it means you have been put on a placebo. So they do actually make genuine placebo capsules! And if you’re getting them, it means, well, to put it delicately, your doctor thinks your just f*cking nuts!

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:29:33 +0000

Oh, there’s no end to the cleverness of drug manufacturers. Patent running out? Come up with a new form, or combine it with something else, and it’s “new and improved.” Like for migraine sufferers, the patent on Imitrex was running out, so now they put some over-the-counter NSAID in with it, and sell it as something new. For that matter, “Excedrin Migraine,” which consists of exactly the same ingredients as regular Excedrin, but costs more because it says “Migraine” on the label! No joke!

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:00:04 +0000

BILLY MAYS HERE AGAIN, THANKS TO THE POWER OF JESUS WINE! YES, JESUS MAKES A WINE SO POWERFUL, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHALL NOT DIE, BUT SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE!! NOW THAT’S SOME POWERFUL WINE, FOLKS…

By: dr handle

dr handle — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:57:34 +0000

Why don’t they just sell placebo-inna-tin? Come to think of it, why can’t they do that, and just double the amount of active ingredient, market it as Placebo Plus? “Use only as directed by your pharmacist. If pain persists, stop being so bloody rational”.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:47:17 +0000

Actually, recent research shows that swearing does improve our capacity to deal with pain, so perhaps instead of swearing by it, you ought to swear at it!

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:44:21 +0000

That’s why he’s set up that little wine-making stand out front.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:36:24 +0000

That’s how they keep limber.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:35:26 +0000

NO, WE DIDN’T! WE’VE NOW SCALED IT BACK TO A MORE COMFORTABLE 10! BUT IF YOU DON’T BUY OUR NEW “PERFECT 10,” YOU’LL BE STUCK WITH ADVERTIZERS LIKE US CRANKING THE VOLUME OF YOUR SET BEYOND THE LIMITS OF HUMAN ENDURANCE! YOU KNOW HOW IT IS. YOU’VE JUST BEEN LISTENING TO A DRAMATIC PASSAGE IN WHICH EVERYBODY INSISTS ON WHISPERING, AND THEN SUDDENLY, WHAM! THERE’S THIS COMMERCIAL RATTLING YOUR EARS AND SHAKING YOUR FURNITURE! IT’S ENOUGH TO WAKE THE DEAD, IF YOU’LL PARDON MY LITTLE PUN HERE!

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:27:59 +0000

Behind. That’s where I left it.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:20:28 +0000

I swear by it.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:18:50 +0000

Prices so high, even Jesus can’t save here.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:08:30 +0000

OK! You didn’t need to turn the volume up to 12!

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:06:28 +0000

JohnB has left the building!
Hope he can remember where he left it.

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:22:32 +0000

Walmart’s Anti-Christ…

By: SeaBee

SeaBee — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:20:35 +0000

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By: mamarosa

mamarosa — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:50:47 +0000

[band plays off JohnB]

Ladies and gentlemen, let’s give it up for JohnB…..

once again…..JohnB…..

By: mamarosa

mamarosa — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:48:31 +0000

When I have a headache, I take a Dammitol.

By: PoodleGroomer

PoodleGroomer — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:37:18 +0000

HI! BILLY MAYS HERE! WE SPEND LIKE MANIACS, GIVE MONEY AWAY, AND PASS OUR COSTS ON TO YOU!!!

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:09:38 +0000

There’s a great deal more truth in advertising in the US than people often realize. How many times have you heard the claim, “Nothing works better than Killital for the relief of headache pain”? What they’re actually saying is they did a study, and the placebo control beat the hell out of Killital. Ergo, “nothing” really DOES work better than Killital!

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:05:39 +0000

So how do we make a profit? That’s easy, volume!

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:04:29 +0000

No diatribe today. In fact, not even a monotribe. Let’s just say never let reality interfere with a good funny! ‘Nuff said?

By: dr handle

dr handle — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:58:39 +0000

This whole truth in advertising really seems to be taking off in Engrish – how can we translate this to (what passes for) the real world?

By: dr handle

dr handle — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:57:52 +0000

Hey, I was about to say that!

By: toilet shark

toilet shark — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:57:15 +0000

Um, he’s still not here… say, have you ever seen a shark tap-dance?

By: hollyr57

hollyr57 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:26:00 +0000

Lord-a-mercy, you’re our government aren’t you?

By: laconejita

laconejita — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:59:05 +0000

And to show that we really want to keep your business, we will charge you the annual membership and will extend an extra charge just for you.

By: laconejita

laconejita — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:57:09 +0000

Mrs Anna Rexia,

We are very sorry and promise this won’t happen again.