Signs, English

No matter where we go, English is almost always around in some form. Sometimes it’s particularly useful — occasionally a menu will have English translations for each dish, for example — but more often it’s a translation of Chinese that doesn’t quite make sense. This is usually ‘useful’ only in the sense that it cracks us up.

I often take pictures of interesting English signs or translations, and thought it’d be fun to have somewhere to put them all. Some of these pictures are particularly funny, but others are simply confusing or intriguingly poetic. Sometimes it’s helpful (if you seek a laugh) to remember that whoever wrote the sign is really trying to communicate something important to any English-only speakers who pass by.

I’ve tried to write the words for signs that are hard to read. And I’m going to continue trying new ways to show pictures/create galleries until I find the perfect one or give up.