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Water Hill Grammar Lesson

The week we’ve already shown you that spelling matters and today we bring you Water Hill to demonstrate the importance of grammar. Enjoy bottled water from a brand that touts quality control in the past tense. I believe I’ll pass! Via engrish.com, originally spotted in Koh Samui, Thailand.

Love that Dirty Water

I can think of a dozen hysterical, pun-loaded punch lines for this, none of which are appropriate for this sorta-family-friendly forum! From engrishfunny.com.

What is Lost in Translation: Time

Go ahead and lose yourself in the hysterical site translationparty.com, which translates your English phrase to Japanese, back to English, to Japanese, to English ad infinitum. This is one of those internet oddities that will have you missing deadlines and falling behind. Following, just a few of my time-intensive efforts:

Be not ignoring warnings, you Americans

And as reclaimed and graywater systems become more than an oddity in the United States, we will be not wasting expensive potable water treatment for our loos, and we will be not needing these signs as we travel internationally.

petebrunelli on Flickr be sharing his photo taken in China.

Bad Bottle #16: After the Pastry Water Comes Diet Water

So you splurged on that Pastry Water. Maybe even a case or two. Not to worry, get back in line with zero calorie Diet Water. Just like regular zero calorie water, but with an in-your-face label that announces your weakness to the world. From www.engrish.com

Bad Bottle #7: We’re not doing this for our health

Double marketing entendre: good for the body and the corporate kingdom, too. From www.engrish.com.

Bad Bottle #6: Lettuce buy you a drink

There is no niche too small in the Japanese beverage market. I would have liked to have been at the meeting where they tossed this idea around. From the always delightful www.engrish.com.