h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Today at work, one of my colleagues gave me a leaflet with the words: "Have a look at this, I only understand half of it."
So here goes, exactly as is printed on the leaflet (except for the * and added translations):

Neueröffnung*

Cocktails & more

Monday: Broke from the weekend ?

- No problem.Happy hour all night long !

Thursday : I'm a ferking** princess !!

- Ladyz Welcome Drink & Surprise !

Fridayz : B-E*** rules!

- 4cl Shots - 1,50 Euro

Saturday : From Dusk til' Dawn

- Every selected cocktail 5,00 Euro

- Live Sportübertragungen**** -

- Eintracht- Special jedes Pils ***** 1,50 Euro-


Öffnungszeiten :******

From 18h til' you sleep


Opening Party

15.06.2007


* Opening

** Exchange letters as apptopriate, the filter wouldn't let me post what it says on the leaflet.

*** Initials of the location

**** Sport coverage

***** name of the local football club. Every Pilsener (beer)

****** Opening Times




Makes me wonder which country they think they're living in.
Maybe I should go to the opening party and check whether the staff does speak any English.
And I wonder who printed this: look at the spaces between words - it's not me who set them so randomly.

Looks like they're trying to be European!

Why speak just ein language when you can sprechen a combination!!

It's pretty ridiculous in an area like this, which is more like a village. Not even our Irish pub does the ads in English.

*giggles*

Hello girls...

Be honest, what would you think if a bar or a nightclub opened in your town/village having the whole ad in French?

The Power of Babel contains a German McDonald's ad with stacks of English in it. I showed it to some German visitors and they found it hillarious.

http://www.books-by-isbn.com/0099435241

TRiG.

Café Noir have billboard ads in French here in Ireland.

TRiG.

It only gives details about the book as such, TRiG.
Do you have the quote?

They have ads in English in the pubs near me - yet half the drunks round here are illiterate!

Look at that .. a waste of ..

I've run out of coffee... having to fall back on my emergency reserve of cappuccino...

So I'm off to Asda as soon as I've picked the kids up from school...

Which reminds me... should be going soon...

I don't know, I don't really like this development. Why do people think something is cool/better when it's written in English?

... Coz I can read it??

Yes, that's it, they must have written this with you in mind

In case you didn't notice: it's an ad for a bar

Yep! 'speshully writ for me



Oi.. what's with the new tag?

They're my new pet names, given to me by FM and Gosho.

I've seen where the Gosho one came from.. but not the FM one!!