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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: hit it #75167 07/09/02 07:31 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 8 Melbourne, Australia S Silen stranger Silen stranger S Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 8 Melbourne, Australia I once came across a Japanese restaurant in Thailand that had its menu written in French. An item that caught my attention was "beignets de croquettes de poison"! Yum, tasty! A killer dish, I'm sure! <- Awful comment, but it had to be made. I thought it was interesting to find a French typo, on a Japanese menu, that was then funny in English. And in Thailand, too! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hit it #75168 07/09/02 08:02 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England "croquettes de poison"! Yum, tasty! A killer dish, I'm sure! If we're talking blowfish, this may not have been a typoe, Silen . It was a Japanese restaurant, eh? What are "beignets" by the way? I can suss that the last bit is meant to be fish-cakes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hit it #75169 07/09/02 12:21 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Re: French typo, on a Japanese menu, that was then funny in English Then you'll enjoy this site, if you are not already familiar with it..this weeks feature is a english translation of italian.. a bit mangled.. and there are lots of fun ones to read from recent history. http://www.engrish.com/ my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,340 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 646 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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