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Touching wires = instant death, $200 fine
« on: April 11, 2008, 01:33:03 PM »
Lost in Translation: Awkward Signs from Around the World
http://www.asylum.com/2008/04/09/lost-in-translation-awkward-signs-from-around-the-world/

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Ever been in a foreign hotel and seen a sign that directed you to "Slip carefully"?

We've been there. English is a tricky language, and translating it can be just about impossible.

We're all for being worldly, but we're also amazed and amused by the wonderful mistakes people around the world make with that verbal stew known as English.

Here are some of the best we found on the Web, but feel free to send us your own discoveries.

Signs are in flash player so you gotta go to the link. (I promise it's mildy amusing!)

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"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed."

- Ayn Rand
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1826

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Re: Touching wires = instant death, $200 fine
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