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9781781310205: Sign Language: More Travels in Unfortunate English from the Readers of the Telegraph
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ISBN 10 : 1781310203 ISBN 13 : 9781781310205
Editeur : Aurum, 2012

Synopsis

Would you take your toothache to a dentist called Wong Kwee Mau? Dine out at Cafe Buck Butt? Or book a cruise with Turismo Titanic? No? Perhaps you prefer to travel with Git Holidays then...?

These are just a few of the many baffling, alarming and unwittingly amusing signs spotted by readers of the Telegraph whilst trotting the globe. Others range from the bizarre - 'accomodation facilities in a pan of fresh' - to the surprisingly honest - Chancy Investments - or, in the case of menus, the stomach-churningly revolting: anyone for 'bottom sauce with yogurt'?

And, of course, no collection of funny signs would be complete without a healthy dose of smut and innuendo.

 

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A rib-tickling sequel to 2011 s humour bestseller. The alarming commandments, unwittingly hilarious advertisements and revolting menus anyone for Lavender Frog Porridge ? produced by poor or mistranslated English are sources of both bafflement and guilty pleasure for modern globetrotters. Indeed, over the past four years the Telegraph s Sign Language, which presents the funniest and oddest of the thousands of unintentionally amusing signs spotted by the newspaper s readers on their travels, has become one of its most popular online features, drawing more than 300,000 visitors every week. So, in 2011 Aurum Press and the Telegraph published the very best of Sign Language only to discover that the state of our mother tongue was far worse than previously suspected. Thousands of new images flooded in and, as they did so, it became clear that genuine fake watches and bung hole spread represented the least of our worries. Something had to done ... And, of course, that something was a sequel!

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Éditeur
Aurum
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1781310203
ISBN 13 
9781781310205
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9781845137151: Sign Language: Travels in Unfortunate English from the Readers of the Telegraph

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1845137159 ISBN 13 :  9781845137151
Editeur : Aurum, 2011
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