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Sol Posted Apr 27, 2013
Ok, not the same thing but something that has always amused me in Moscow is when they appropriate English words. Because there isn't a 1:1 transcription so 'business lunch' becomes 'bisnis lanch' and so on. They recently did the English lyrics for a pop idol type program the same way.
'Shiz gat ze luk/ wat in ze wald kan mek ei bran eid girrrrrrrl turrrrrrrn blu/ etc'
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Apr 27, 2013
Makes ya wonder what Pussy Riot means in English, dinnit. 
~jwf~
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Sho - employed again! Posted Apr 27, 2013
the Koreans do that kind of 'transposing English words' thing too. Cracks me up every time.
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KB Posted Apr 27, 2013
That reminds me. It must be years since I looked at http://www.engrish.com/
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