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 Wednesday August 20 2008

Mad About English

Hat tip to Dekita.org

Mad About English, a film by Singaporean filmmaker Lian Pek, humorously documents China ‘s passionate love affair with the English language and their obsessive quest to learn it (some through very unorthodox methods).

This TechCrunch article shows another opportunity to_grow_ your_ career by pointing to a very grammatically (and politically) incorrect website, EngrishFunny, to which users send in photos of poorly translated or odd variations of written English in products, signs or instructions.

Deivis Pothin, a student of linguistics in London, shares his impressions and worries about the underlying message.



Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Wednesday Aug 20, 2008 at 12:01 PM
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Alex Case wrote 37 words  on  Tuesday Aug 26, 2008  at  10:07 AM Japan

I would so pay money to watch that! My favourite bit in the trailer was when I was convinced the guy saying “I am a volunteer” was saying “Good morning to yer” in a perfect Irish accent.

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