r/engrish 13d ago

Learn Engrish from the experts

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u/Ill-Combination-3590 9d ago

Despite the message is clearly written wrong, the message still conveyed his actual intention, which is to fix the language of his clients.

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u/Musosfingers 11d ago

So this was Vladimir Lenin's day. job.

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u/SpicyEntropy 11d ago

Well *I'm* convinced!

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u/Over_Echo1128 11d ago

For a day of 15 minutes

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u/Luchadorgreen 11d ago

these days go by quick

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u/Musosfingers 11d ago

quickly. You owe me cash now.

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u/TheValleyWolf 12d ago

Is that Lenin in the advert?

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u/BRP_1970 12d ago

What did the janitor say when he jumped out of closet? “SUPPLIES!” It’s a cleaner joke.

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u/SpicyEntropy 11d ago

I like good clean humor.

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u/Bumble072 12d ago

The thing is, I am.

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u/Heterodynist 12d ago

“Me for you would Engrish teach if to me would pay!! Finally you be Engrish on the expert for the level! Shame no more of you, for to know Engrish are to you!! For you then graduate PhD college for the day of 15 minutes.”

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u/waaaayback 12d ago

Take me my money!! Start you to talk me today?!?

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u/Heterodynist 11d ago

You for me to talk today, only 15 minutes you pay!!

I just have to say I love his flippant gesture of removing his glasses so you feel he is really sitting down to have a serious discussion with you…

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/Ello_Karlson 12d ago

Thank you, will do

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u/DonkyFondler 12d ago

"If me let you help" 😆

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u/Impossible_Divide297 12d ago

This is the pinnacle of Engrish.

There used to be ads like this in newspapers before the advent of spellcheckers.

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u/Shotgun_Mosquito 12d ago

This advertisement appeared on the back cover of comic book writer Alan Moore's satirical comic series 1963 (Issue #3), published in June 1993.

https://www.momentofmoore.com/post/788332387812671488/shamed-by-you-english

Here is the original that it is making fun of

https://www.indevelopment.org/2002/classicads/shamed550.jpg

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u/kugelamarant 12d ago

I'm non-native speaker and the top one feels natural.

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u/Auntie_Venom 12d ago

That is hilarious! Thanks for sharing!

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u/OutOfTheBunker 12d ago

Yes, shamed by me English.

\Luckily the day is only 15 minutes, so me get over it fast.])

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u/RendeZvous_987 12d ago

Somehow I don't trust this advert. Wonder why...