Archive for the ‘ Bad English ’ Category
In honour of the dick stick that pleasured us all upon its presentation by Andrew the other day, I bring you more cock in Korea. Here’s a restaurant in downtown Gwangju, famously known among foreigners for its name – Cock. As you might have guessed, they serve chicken. Foreigners get photos taken with the sign outside on [ READ MORE ]
We promised to bring you more examples of bad English in Korea. You’ll soon see why Koreans are bringing over anybody with an unspecified degree to teach English. “Hick the aroma of fresh coffee go up beteween city,” says the sign on the outdoor patio of a coffee shop in my neighbourhood. There is not a single [ READ MORE ]
English has been adopted and senselessly mutated on countless wonderful occasions in Korean marketing, on t-shirts, and in K-Pop. In Korea, English brings a “coolness” factor apparently not possible with, say, Swahili or Hindu. It is our goal to present you with never-ending examples of this phenomenon. So we’ll start with something close to our home. The [ READ MORE ]