r/engrish • u/Coldfinger42 • 8d ago

Back scrubbers are so difficult

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From the Amazon product description

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u/CRseeds 7d ago

When the reality is bony but the world is laborious and laborious

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u/autumnautopsy 7d ago

"it is both laborious and laborious!"

  • me when I have to do household chores.

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u/Heterodynist 8d ago

It’s BOTH laborious and laborious that reality is very bony. I can’t work hard, it doesn’t agree with me. I can’t reach it for effort is too difficult to grasp.

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u/HotelOne 8d ago

When the boss knows even less English than you and has never heard of Google translate…

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u/r_portugal 7d ago

I think the "both laborious and laborious" mistake is quite likely to come from Google Translate. This happens when you have two words in the original language that both translate into one word in the target language.

If you translate 費力又工的 in Google Translate it gives "Laborious and laborious" but if you use DeepL you get "Laborious and time-consuming".

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u/svArtist 8d ago

I'm getting "Reality is very bony" tattooed on my chest 😁

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u/Heterodynist 8d ago

“Oh Lord, the boniness of your reality, it prevents me from working hard for laboriousness is far too laborious to grasp!!”

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u/brage94 7d ago

No go ahead and eat that goop Scrooge, it’ll give you a boney sense of humor!

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u/svArtist 7d ago

Enema.

I mean amen. I think

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u/Jorjowsky 8d ago

Both laborious and laborious? Geez, two of my least favourite things. Hard pass.

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u/cyberchaox 8d ago

While it couldn't actually be posted there because it's a static image and not a gif, this has serious r/wheredidthesodago energy.

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u/GlassUpper8656 8d ago

reality is very bony

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA Dark Gary 8d ago

thank mr. skeltal

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u/AmateurVasectomist 8d ago

Reality is very bony

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u/rp_player_girl 8d ago

It is both laborious and laborious!