Engrish
The World According to Hollywood
I was researching cultural stereotypes for one of the ESL classes I teach when I came across a video clip from the 80′s film Sixteen Candles. The clip shows a Chinese exchange student, Long Duck Dong, drunk and making a fool of himself in heavily-accented, incoherent English. Ironically enough, the actor who played Dong isn’t … Continue reading
8 American Celebrities You Didn’t Know Spoke a Foreign Language
My friend Tyler used to have a quote on her Facebook profile that read: “What do you call someone who speaks three languages? A trilingual. What do you call someone who speaks two languages? A bilingual. What do you call someone who speaks one language? An American.” Though funny, that joke isn’t entirely fair. According … Continue reading
‘Engrish’ T-Shirts are Hirarious
Okay, warning: I’m about to fake fun of Japanese fashion for a second. But I’m sorry. It’s just too funny not to. T-shirts with English phrases printed on them are really popular here. Unfortunately for these t-shirts (and the people who where them) somewhere in the manufacturing process, spell check and a translation check were … Continue reading
