I’ve used Lemmy for quite some time, but I haven’t found an Engrish community, other than the lemm.ee one, and the instance there died. Any alternatives?
I’ve used Lemmy for quite some time, but I haven’t found an Engrish community, other than the lemm.ee one, and the instance there died. Any alternatives?
Is that a typo, or you’re looking for a community based on casual racism?
Why is this being downvoted
The one I encountered on Reddit (way back when) was more focused on occasions where slightly wonky translations led to funny results, rather than just making fun of bad translations, or the people who wrote them.
E.g.
It’s like the posts showing unnecessary quotation marks on signs - it’s not about making fun of the people who wrote the sign, it’s funny because it now conveys something else.
E.g., a sign outside a farm offering Fresh brown “eggs” for sale.
Yep. I don’t remember where I bought it, but there is this hilarious notebook that I have:
Maybe a community for that under a different name would be appropriate?
Yep.
Here’s that insane t-shirt in all its glory.
Aneurysm design
engrish.com is hilarious. speaking as an asian
Or would it be a community of first generation immigrants venting their frustrations with English itself?