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Niccea Majeare

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:04 am

Well...My school offers sushi in our food court like area. I grabbed my sushi and chopsticks. I love to read, so I decided to read the writing on the chopsticks while waiting in line. This is what it said. I even formatted it the same.

Chopstick Label

Welcome to Chinese Restaurant.
Please try your Nice Chinese Food With Chopsticks
the traditional and typical of Chinese glorious history.
and cultural

I expect a few grammar and spelling mistakes when I'm overseas in China (and let me tell you, I saw tons) but wouldn't items sold in America have better screening?

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:52 am

It's pretty amusing all the translations things can have... I admit that for the most part, I'm used to it, but you'd think that they'd do a better job with translations. ...Maybe part of the novelty of items IS the translation?

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Niccea Majeare

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:50 am

Well, the kicker is that the instructions for using chopsticks on the back were in proper grammar for the most part.

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