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Does the English sound native?

 
 
Reply Wed 4 Jun, 2014 06:46 pm

Looks Chinglish to me.
What is your opinion?

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chai2
 
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Reply Wed 4 Jun, 2014 07:18 pm
@oristarA,
Looks ok to me.
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McTag
 
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Reply Thu 5 Jun, 2014 01:17 am
@oristarA,

What, one word? It's only an advertisement.

Nothing seems to be too over-the-top in advertising these days.
oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 5 Jun, 2014 02:15 am
@McTag,
McTag wrote:


What, one word? It's only an advertisement.

Nothing seems to be too over-the-top in advertising these days.


Four words:

FRESHNESS VARIETY
RELAXED FRIENDLY


You got to move the horizontal bar beneath the pic to see the rest of it..
McTag
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Reply Thu 5 Jun, 2014 02:18 am
@oristarA,

Oh, sorry.

Yes, it definitely looks a bit foreign. But tempting. Smile
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Lordyaswas
 
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Reply Thu 5 Jun, 2014 02:50 am
@oristarA,
You should see the T-Shirts in French Supermarkets. For some reason, the French seem to think that English words make the T-Shirt seem cool.

The problem is, they often don't make sense. Messages like "Star Quality from Sports Team University", and "Go for Everything, then LIVE".

I still have a sweatshirt (doesn't fit any more) with "Genuine Hot Bath Dipped" on the front.

They also forget to censor swear words out of the English/American music that they play in their shops. I've often been standing at the bread section, or gazing at the wines, listening to a rapper using language that would even make a sailor blush.
chai2
 
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Reply Thu 5 Jun, 2014 09:30 am
@Lordyaswas,
Lordyaswas wrote:


They also forget to censor swear words out of the English/American music that they play in their shops. I've often been standing at the bread section, or gazing at the wines, listening to a rapper using language that would even make a sailor blush.




Like this?

oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 5 Jun, 2014 07:30 pm
@Lordyaswas,
Lordyaswas wrote:

You should see the T-Shirts in French Supermarkets. For some reason, the French seem to think that English words make the T-Shirt seem cool.

The problem is, they often don't make sense. Messages like "Star Quality from Sports Team University", and "Go for Everything, then LIVE".

I still have a sweatshirt (doesn't fit any more) with "Genuine Hot Bath Dipped" on the front.

They also forget to censor swear words out of the English/American music that they play in their shops. I've often been standing at the bread section, or gazing at the wines, listening to a rapper using language that would even make a sailor blush.



If being often, would you like to give us three examples of such cases? Of course it is recommended to use asterisks to substitute some letters in the language (but we still be able to figure out).
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oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 5 Jun, 2014 07:31 pm
@chai2,
Youtube is blocked from here.
McTag
 
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Reply Thu 5 Jun, 2014 11:59 pm
@oristarA,

Think of the time you save.
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jun, 2014 07:54 am
@McTag,
McTag wrote:


Think of the time you save.


Good point.
But the freedom of choice is lost.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jun, 2014 08:40 am
@Lordyaswas,
When I took the kids to Disneyland Paris there was a girl with 'Chippie,' on her T shirt. Who'd have thought chipshops/carpenters were cool.
chai2
 
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Reply Fri 6 Jun, 2014 09:09 am
@izzythepush,
Where I grew up, a chippie (chippy) was a woman/young lady you would never bring home to meet your mother.

"You're NOT going out in that outfit! You look like a damn chippy!"
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