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Communicating

Ok. Something keeps happening to me and I just wanted to point it out. So.  I frequently email my friends at school using my cellphone, in Japanese, and I generally tend to get emails back in English, with Japanese inserted where they don’t know how to say the things in English.  The emails I get [...]

Engrish I

Here’s a collection of items I’ve found at several stores, mostly 100yen stores, that have English that…doesn’t make any sense. “The Relax Room. A colorful waffle design enables the coordination of I liking” Shhh, David. I took the picture first…   “With a smooty skin. Keep moisturizing skin in silk!” “Let’s always take the drink.” [...]

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