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William H Stoddard's avatar

In San Diego, we once drove by a Chinese restaurant whose sign offered "fried wanton."

Mary Catelli's avatar

Ah, spelling in a foreign language.

Eric Hinkle's avatar

That sounds like the title for some grindhouse horror movie about cannibalism.

MD Streeter's avatar

In Japan, there is a very fine line between "dumb" and "dump."

C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

The best belly laughs I had in China came from the Chinese to English signs. Like the one at a park that read: "We do not like sleepyhead grass."

Keep off the grass?

Don't sleep on the grass?

Take your pick.

Mary Catelli's avatar

Very true! I've seen a lot of funny "Stay off the grass" signs.

Glitterpuppy's avatar

While traveling in Italy, we came across a restaurant named “ the lap dance restaurant “ Somewhat strange way to woo American tourists, we thought. We didn’t go in……..