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Monday, January 23, 2006

Misuse of Chinese in English


A friend of mine pointed me to this great site dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters in the west, a sort of response to www.Engrish.com and similiar sites (which I have always hated). A much needed tonic. A sample (not related to photo above):

got this photo along with an email from a young lady in Canada a few days ago. She said when she was 16 years old; she had her grandfather’s initials “SCK” to be tattooed in “Chinese lettering”.

Although the two lower characters and are recognizable, the first character is only a partial of (flow). The three characters do not pronounce anywhere near “S”, “C”, “K”.

1 comment:

  1. Hanzi Smatter is a great site.

    Did you know Tian recently got interviewed by Robert Siegel of NPR's show "All Things Considered"?

    http://www.hanzismatter.com/2006/01/interview-with-npr.html

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