Five Amusing Shop Signs
- Outside a dress shop, Hong Kong: LADIES HAVE FITS UPSTAIRS.
- Tailor shop, Greece: ORDER YOUR SUMMERS SUIT. BECAUSE IS BIG RUSH, WE WILL EXECUTE CUSTOMERS IN STRICT ROTATION.
- On the door of a Moscow hotel room: IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST VISIT TO THE USSR, YOU ARE WELCOME TO IT.
- At a Budapest zoo: PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT TO THE GUARD ON DUTY.
- Shipton-under-Wychwood in Oxon, UK has a local plumber whose van announces: 'The Lone Drainer - he come pronto.'
"On the door of a Moscow hotel room: IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST VISIT TO THE USSR, YOU ARE WELCOME TO IT."
ReplyDeleteWhoever wrote that one probably had a pretty good grasp of English. If it weren't for the "to it" on the end, the sign would have been spot on and unless English happened to be your first language, you're highly unlikely to know that adding those two words would change the meaning completely.
But to be perfectly honest, it's still clear what the sign means. Fine, a professional translation agency would have got the phrasing spot on but it isn't as though we're talking about a safety sign.
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