Mine Your Language

updates 4

2007-04-29T15:01:00.000+08:00

'EXECITING' for 'EXICITING', 'EADY' for 'READY', 'ACORDING' for 'ACCORDING', 'BUDJET' for 'BUDGET'. Nice one Arash Designs.

Best quality for your selection!! Once own, nothing can instead!! WTF?????

'OTO' for 'AUTO'. Still it's not a good idea to directly translate an English word to Malay.

Least of world?. From the packaging of a toy from, you guess it, China.

'MINTS' for 'MINUTES'. How long is one mint?

'AN UNIQUE' for haha 'A UNIQUE'. Another brilliant product of CF King HAHAHA.

'PLAM' for 'PALM', 'BELONG' for 'BELONGS'. Victory belongs to you forever when you tell me wtf is PLAM.

'ELETRIC' for 'ELECTRIC'

'HABLAL' for 'HABHAL'. Another Shanghai fake?. From Azmye.

So after part 1, don't ever mess with the second installation of Shrek, he might turn another shade of green. From Azmye.

'BONTANICAL' for 'BOTANICAL'. From Azmye.

'EGYPTION' for 'EGYPTIAN'. From Azmye.

'LICKING' for 'LEAKING'. Seriously! And from UBD too! Keep it up UBD!

'APPOITMENT' for 'APPOINTMENT'. From the government clinic in Muara, where the nastiest 'lady' dentist is housed.

'SIXIETH' for 'SIXTIETH'

'WESTAN' for 'WESTERN'. From Seria Plaza.

'ARCH' for 'ARCHIE'. From Seria Plaza.

'STRAITENING' for 'STRAIGHTENING'. From Azmye.

updates 3

2007-04-29T14:24:00.000+08:00

'KLASIFIAD' for 'KLASIFAID' or better still, don't even bother turning an English word directly into Malay. From Borneo Bulletin haha.

'BUSSINESS' for 'BUSINESS'

'RESTERINGING' for 'RESTRINGING'. From Azmye.

'PLUMPING for 'PLUMBING'

'MATRES' for 'MATRESS', 'CUBOARD' for 'CUPBOARD', 'OPE' for ?, 'CILINDER' for 'CYLINDER', DINNING' for 'DINING'.

'SPYLER' for 'SPOILER'

'STERING' for 'STEERING'. NEWLY?

'LIGHTINING' for 'LIGHTENING'

'LOVES ONES' for 'LOVED ONES'

MALAY LANGUAGE GRAMMATICAL ERROR. 'PASTIKAN KENDERAAN AWDA BERKUNCI' for 'PASTIKAN KENDERAAN AWDA -DI-KUNCI'.
Initial line: Make sure your car have keys
for: Please lock you car
From Yayasan Shopping Complex.

'GEWING GUM' for 'CHEWING GUM'

'CLYPOT' for 'CLAYPOT'. The Mall's foodcourt.

The LARGEST computer retail shop in Brunei - *3*. *Hokay*.

'BLACKPAPER' for 'BLACKPEPPER'. Again from the geniuses of The Mall's foodcourt, similar stall from above.

Nothing much but too blatant.

updates 2

2007-04-29T14:13:00.000+08:00

GRAMMATICAL ERROR. 'NEEDS'.

No Broken?

'CATRIDGE' for 'CARTRIDGE'

'WAITRES' for 'WAITRESS'

'EPIDEMAL' for 'EPIDERMAL'. From Azmye.

'CIRKUIT' for 'CIRCUIT'. From Azmye.

Updates

2006-12-19T13:00:00.000+08:00

AFTER USED FOR AFTER USE
NOT FROM TEO POI HOON

LESSEN FOR LESEN

REAPAIR FOR REPAIR

ONWNER FOR OWNER

OWENER FOR OWNER
MAYBE A FAN OF MICHAEL'S.

MODAL FOR MODEL

DAITHASU FOR DAIHATSU

CONTCT FOR CONTACT

NEGOTIATEBLE FOR NEGOTIABLE. ditto on the others.

TEX FOR TAX, CONTRACT FOR CONTACT

KBERSIHAN FOR KEBERSIHAN
CANNOT MENTION UBD OR ELSE I WOULD GET INTO TROUBLE

SALES FOR SALE, MISUBISHI FOR MITSUBISHI

KHIND FOR KIND, BLUMBING FOR PLUMBING
HAMID, WILL YOU EVER LEARN? 2ND APPEARANCE FOR MR. HAMID.

CLIME FOR CLIMB
WILL NOT MENTION THAT THIS IS FROM BUKIT SHAHBANDAR AND WILL ALSO NOT MENTION THIS SIGNAGE IS AUTHORISED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY.

END FOR AND

VIDEO CAMERA SEDANG DI RAKAM FOR VIDEO CAMERA SEDANG MERAKAM

MICU & RENTAL UNIT FOR MICU & RENAL UNIT

COMMON FOR COME ON (?)

JAMBO FOR JUMBO

ACCIENT FOR ACCENT

ADDICTIVE FOR ADDITIVE

The Best of the Rest

2006-04-13T01:43:00.000+08:00

'CAFETARIA' for 'CAFETERIA'

'LONGLEY' for 'LONELY'.

'LONLEY' for 'LONELY'. New song perhaps?

'MOST COMMONEST' for 'MOST COMMON'. From the UK. Sent in by Icham.

'FOREWORDS' for 'FORWARDS'. From the UK. Sent in by Icham. Thanks Charm!

Miss Information

2006-03-09T20:04:00.000+08:00

'INSTAL' for 'INSTALL', FREZER for 'FREEZER', 'ICE BOX' for 'FRIDGE', 'WASHIN' for 'WASHING', 'WARING' for 'WIRING'.

'NISSIN' for 'NISSAN, 'DEAWOO' for 'DAEWOO', 'MISTUBISU WARGON' for 'MITSUBISHI WAGON'. Unless of course,these are makes of cars that we don't know anything about.

'SHAMPO' for SHAMPOO', 'BLOU' for 'BLOW', 'REBLONDING' for 'REBONDING' (unless it means to re-blonde...), 'STRAIGTENING' for 'STRAIGHTENING'.

'PINDA' for 'PINDAH', 'ICE BOX' for 'REFRIGERATOR', 'KATTIL' for ' KATIL', 'SOFA-SER' for 'SOFA SET', 'KURSI' for 'KERUSI', 'BUWANG SAMBA' for 'BUANG SAMPAH', 'LANI LANI' for 'LAIN LAIN'.

'WEDNESSDAY' for 'WEDNESDAY', 'SATAURDAY' for 'SATURDAY'. (sent in by Azmie)

'PERUMAHAM' for 'PERUMAHAN'.

We're gonna go public, so you better not mess up...

2006-02-20T22:55:00.000+08:00

'MOSIC' for 'MOSAIC'. This item tag is from a shop in Beribi.

'JEMPUAN' for 'JEMPUTAN'.

'PERUMPUHAN' for 'PEREMPUAN'. A slightly biased tailor perhaps. This shop is in Delima Jaya .

Brand name is 'GOGGLES' but the url is 'GOOGLES'. Haven't had the chance to check.

Direct Translation. This streamer was in Gadong shopping area.

'TRUELY' for 'TRULY'. This shop is in Mid Valley Mall in KL.

Classified Ads Collection Part 3

2006-02-16T23:03:00.000+08:00

'MINUAL' for 'MANUAL', 'REM' for 'RIM'.

'COMPLATE' for 'COMPLETE', 'REM' for 'RIM', 'ADGUSTABLE' for 'ADJUSTABLE'.

'COMPLATE' for 'COMPLETE', 'REAM' fro 'RIM'.

'HART' for 'HARD', 'COMPLATE' for 'COMPLETE'.

'INGLUDING' for 'INCLUDING, 'MITER' for 'METER', 'SUPLAI' for 'SUPPLY'. 'HAMID' for don't ever type again.

'TAILES' for 'TILES', 'PAINDING' for 'PAINTING', 'TANG' for 'TANK', 'FOULD' for 'FAULT'. Just make sure you state clearly what kind of service you want when you eventually call this.

Obey the Sign...

2006-02-13T22:57:00.000+08:00

Maybe just maybe they dont want to sell this product... confuse the enemy or something like that.

'PROPOSE' for 'PURPOSE'. Unless they meant something else...

'HANDYCAPPED' for 'HANDICAP'. Who's the handicapped here?. Its politically incorrect anyway to mention the term handicapped. If this were to be in the main hospital...

'THE' is not required. 'TIME' for 'TIMES'. Taken from Melaka at the heart of the tourist attraction adjacent to the old post office.

'DANJER' for 'DANGER'. Taken from a Japanese Naval destroyer class battleship. Now we know what they wanted to destroy after all.

'USED' for 'USE', 'NOTICED' for 'NOTICE', 'THANKS Q' FOR 'THANKS/THANK YOU/ THANK U'. The most complete specimen so far with grammatical error, spelling error and language error. This is an 'A' grade work.

Classified Ads Collection Part 2

2006-02-10T16:14:00.000+08:00

'PINDA' for 'PINDAH', 'HATTIL' for 'KATIL', 'BUWANG' for 'BUANG', 'SAMBAH' for 'SAMPAH'. Is this done on purpose or what?

'MESA' for 'MEJA' (?), 'KURSI' for 'KERUSI', 'KAVIN' for 'KAHWIN' (??). This is I must say I give the heck up trying to figure this one out. Its like blending together an Indian typist with an English and Malay linguist.

'DESIL' for 'DIESEL'.

'PIDKUP' for 'PICKUP'. Why is it pickup in english and something else in malay?

'REM' for 'RIM'.

Friday Food Fun

2006-02-10T15:56:00.000+08:00

'RIBINA' for 'RIBENA'. Ran out of 'E' stickers probably.

'PERSI' for 'PEPSI', 'KICKAPOR' for 'KICKAPOO'. Probably encountered endorsement issues.

'AYM' for 'AYAM'. Never trust a satay man with anything but skewers.

'ORIANTAL' for 'ORIENTAL'. No keyboard fault here.

'PRAWM' for 'PRAWN'. The excuse maybe the friggin letter 'N' is next to the letter 'M' on the keyboard...

Toys from China with EnglishCheque version XP

2006-02-10T03:14:00.000+08:00

3-80? Are you kidding me??? Now this is what you call sustainability! Imagine your child of 3 growing up around this toy till his late 70's. Genius is all I can think of...

'PARD' for 'PART'. Maybe. Okay, no child in the right mind would try anything if the child would be able to read this.

Read the last bullet and if you can figure that out I'll salute you. I told them kampai and mass package printing don't mix.

No spelling or grammatic error but this is just plain crazy-bonkers-tonto. Just what the heck are they talking about???

'FUNTION' for 'FUNCTION'. Maybe...

Classified Ads Collection

2006-02-10T03:00:00.000+08:00

'ALAM' for 'ALARM', 'CENSOR' for 'SENSOR'. Damn he corrected before I came but the other slipped away innit?.

'NAGOTIABLE' for 'NEGOTIABLE'. After 6pm? What are you, a vampire?

'OFFERS' for 'OFFER'. Slight grammar mistake but still dead funny because thatS mean we don't have to go this tuition school's English class...

'REM' for 'RIM', 'LEADER' for 'LEATHER'.

'WORKES' for 'WORKERS', 'BRUNAI' for 'BRUNEI', 'LINCENSE' for 'LICENSE'. This is one crazy Indon. With artwork like this, would you trust his driving skills?. From a wall of a shop in Lambak.

More...

2006-02-10T01:56:00.000+08:00

'HARMSTRING' for 'HAMSTRING'. Proofreading can be a bitch. This is taken from one of many many local malay paper. Click here to apply for a recently vacated proofreading post.

'SPECAIL' for 'SPECIAL'. This is probably one of the best so far. From a popular nasi katok establishment in Lambak. Ring a bell anyone?... and mind the pun.

'ISOSATION' for 'ISOLATION'. I guess SARS got to the guy who wrote this already.

'BREAFAST' for 'BREAKFAST'. Maybe a new menu?. Got it off a new restaurant in Jalan Muara.

'PATIENCE' for 'PATIENT'. They never thank me anyway.

Lets start with something light....

2006-02-09T01:28:00.000+08:00

This shot is from a place where this signage is the only thing that is worth taking a picture for. FYI check out the 'PEMRIKSAAN' spelling. In an ideal world it probably would be 'pemEriksaan'. Now where have I seen this from?

They did not specify that the sign printing techie need to be an ex-spelling bee semi finalist do they? This is taken from a local university. (Name of university is to be kept anonymous for fun reasons.)

Now this is one rare species of mushroom only to be found at the remote areas of the cold storage section in the isolated peninsula of a fine supermarket in town.

Still quite unsure what they're doing to the warm up pool then but heck!, it's the swimming pool, do you think they know what they're doing anyway? (Source: Lord Silverback)

Must have this in the collection since its on a GOVERNMENT BUILDING. So no prizes for guessing where this gem came from.

Welcump.

2006-02-02T23:57:00.000+08:00

SO what do you guys think? Pure ignorance or just plain dumb? Probably its just butterfingers. We certainly hope so. Whatever it is, it's funny with a capital N. Enjoy.