mindbleach ,

Translating King of the Hill into any language sounds nightmarish. It takes some effort just to follow it in English, as an American. Lindsey from Rooster Teeth said 'I don't understand how this show caught on anywhere outside of Texas.'

imPastaSyndrome ,

It's pretty fuckin funny, especially if you skip season 1 that's why

inb4ohnoes ,

Last time I went back to Taiwan, I made sure to seek out Engrish shirts at one of those clothing markets. Here are a few I found.

a shirt with a picture of a woman printed on it. The english text on the shirt says "Laundry Room ~loads of fun"

a shirt with "orlifornir" printed on it. its clearly meant to say "california"

a shirt with text on it. the text says "clothing" then a bunch of random letters.

Bonus signage picture

a picture of signage in the window of a cafe that says "bread (new line) is the staff of life". its clearly meant to say "staff" instead

Interstellar_1 OP ,
@Interstellar_1@pawb.social avatar

ORLIFORNIR. Love it! 😆

fibojoly ,

This is my favourite kind of mistakes!
It shows you that someone knew enough to pick a word like CALIFORNIA, but for them, A and R looked the same, much like C and O. Something I totally saw with primary school kids learning our alphabet.

It's like us mistaking 手 and 毛, or 人 and 入, 目 and 日, etc. Looks idiotic when you're a native, but a fair mistake when you are a beginner.

massive_bereavement ,
@massive_bereavement@kbin.social avatar

"Dance, or be danced" is my favorite, though I truly appreciate the "Become Door!" energy..

Aggravationstation ,

Become Door!
That Frunk tattoo looks Photoshopped.

wizzor ,

This shirt stuff sometimes happens in Finland too, in spite of the majority of the population speaking English. A major supermarket chain was selling a child sized t-shirt with the print:

Pop my 🍒

Fucking really...

noodlejetski ,

I'd wear the absolute shit out of the "High Quality Uality" shirt.

Interstellar_1 OP ,
@Interstellar_1@pawb.social avatar

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cheshireinthemiddle

Don't let people make fun of you for liking japanese culture.

I am living in japan right now and let me tell ya:

There are people here who can't speak or understand English who play nothing but Missy elliot and ludacris, even in businesses like housing offices and restaurants.

There are people who have cowboy hats and dead cow skulls in their home because they idolize what they assume American homes are like.

There are people who learn English strictly through music videos and American television shows.
There are entire karaoke bars with english songs often sung by people who have no idea what the
lyrics mean.

Japan often takes American shows like the powerpuff girls and make japanese versions of them.

They often mistake common Americans for celebrities. I have been mistaken for Micheal jordan, tiger woods, Shaquille o'neal, Tyler perry, and saddest of all: queen latifa.

The act of sprinkling English into your japanese sentences is considered cute and cool and is popular with teenagers. Bonus points if you happen to use it correctly.

Japanese stores sell shirts with english on them and people buy them not knowing that most of those word combinations are nonsense.

Don't let someone shame you for singing an anime opening, using japanese in your sentences, wearing clothing with japanese on it, ect. If anything, this is just one more thing that you have in common with them.

mutant-aesthetic

The American/Japanese cultural exchange is so pure and wonderful and I love it so much

88wingding

OK BUT RESONATE WITH THE SHIRT THING THOUGH

My Chinese relatives buy me shirts from China with English letters on them hoping I think it's cool

I have a shirt that says "Hi Quality Uality"

It's amazing

cheshireinthemiddle

[Photo of a man wearing a shirt that reads "Crap your Hands
Make noise!"]

[Photo of a shirt that reads "WORLD
DIFFERENCE
EXECUTE"]

[Photo of a shirt that reads "round eyed
LAD
dwarf bravery
THIS
perceive"]

[Photo of shirt that reads "WATER
ON THE
THIRSTRY
SOIL"]

[Photo of shirt that reads "MAKE
FUTURE
-SO-
ROUND"]

[Photo of shirt that reads "MUCH
LIKE
HOLD"] The "O" in HOLD is replaced with a flower symbol

It happens alot.

downpoursofmoonlitraindrops

And then what's really great is Americans getting
tattoos of Chinese characters thinking they mean
one thing when they really don't

cheshireinthemiddle

[Photo showing a woman's shoulder, tattooed with "value*"]

[Screenshot of a photo of a wrist, tattooed with "YES"]

[Photo of an arm, tattooed in cursive with "Sky
Earth
Yuuka"]

[Photo of a shoulder, tattooed in cursive with "Scorpion"]

[Photo of a a man's torso, tattooed in cursive with "Take care
FAMILY"]

[Photo of skin, tattooed in cursive with "I live without regretting
all for myself"]

[Photo of a shoulder blade, tattooed in cursive with "Live always thinking
that it is the last
momnent of the life"]

[Photo of an arm, tattooed in cursive with "FRUNK"]

Also a topic where the reverse happens.

mrelisha26

lemme tell you..i have been in a grocery store in Japan and heard the unedited Get low playin over the intercom..it was literally a Katt Williams moment

cheshireinthemiddle

Oh, unsensored songs are pretty common.

I should not be hearing an unsensored 'Magic Stick' playing at a family restaurant.

And the best thing is when literally no one shows that they understand what is being said.

kazoomusic

I was in a Chinese cafe one time and they had obviously put on their "fuck you" playlist. I mean, uncensored versions of Fuck You by Lilly Allen, Fuck You by Cee-lo Green, etc. No one else had any idea.

kazoomusic
Oh, also, I got my favorite shirt ever in a little tchotchky store in Sichuan:

[Photo of a shirt that reads "I wish that I had
never met you"
In cartoon balloons the words "TOUCH MY BUTT"
"Then there would be mo need to imprese you
o need to want you.No Naed for. loring you
No need tar crying over you.Noneed for
heartbreaks.No nead for paln oru tears.No
neard for forgoure promises .nead for"]

cheshireinthemiddle

[Photo of a shirt that reads "BECOME
DOOR!"]

[Photo of a woman wearing a shirt that reads "try my
delicious
SALT
BEEF"]

[Photo of a shirt that reads "BE DANCED,
OR DANCE"]

[Photo of a woman holding a shirt that reads "IT'S ONLY
BABY BORN
YOU MAKE
ME FEELLIN.
DANCING"]

[Photo of a shirt that reads "Hamberger friend"
A drawing of french fries
"I feel happiness
When I
eat a him"]

More

misanthropistok

that last one got me holy shit.

geibuchan

i wish i had

never met you

TOUCH MY BUTT

then there would be mo need to imprese you

o need to want you.No naed for. loring you

No need tar crying over you.Noneed for

heartbreaks.No nead for paln oru tears.No

neard for forgoure promises .nead for

joy-in-opera

For every american teenager that is screaming the lyrics to their favorite anime opening, there's likely at least 1 or 2 Japanese teens singing English profanities at a karaoke bar.

thej-key

I really want that "I'm so fucking future" shirt.

im-the-princess-now

Bro went to Japan and went to a karaoke bar with some high schoolers. They wanted to show me how good their Japanese rap was. Turned on kanye. Fucking sang the word nigga and everything. It was hella based

cheshireinthemiddle
[Photo of a text, sent by "Joshua" that reads
"My friend that works at
Lockheed Martin had a group
of Japanese defense
representatives touring the
plant. While on lunch he heard
them arguing over whether
King of the Hill is better
subbed or dubbed. One even
said "Japanese doesn't
express the essence of the
characters like English does"
this basically confirms that
King of the Hill is in fact Texas
anime."]

2urban2fantasy

Brothers of the same soul

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Interstellar_1 OP ,
@Interstellar_1@pawb.social avatar

phew. this transcription took me a literal hour to write.

threelonmusketeers ,

Thank you for your service. o7

Decoy321 ,

This is the best thing I've seen all day. That King of the Hill joke was the freaking cherry on top!

Ashen44 ,

Really feeling that make future so round shirt

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