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Old December 11, 2009, 08:50 PM
Dien Rice Dien Rice is offline
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Default Re: even the big guys make silly mistakes...

Hi Tim,

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Originally Posted by -TW View Post
1) I saw a TV ad for Time Warner cable (one of the biggest, if not the biggest cable providers in the world) - at the end, showed their 800# and listed the website as:

timwarnercable.com.

This was a national ad.

I wonder if Tim Warner the comedian, Tim Warner the professor of vascular inflammation, or Tim Warner the cartoonist are unhappy about all the cable queries they now get, or if they're happy about their new-found fame?! :)

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2) Just today I cancelled one of my car rental reservations that I had with Budget. The automated email they sent to me had this as the first sentence:

You reservation was cancelled.
Thanks for those, Tim!

I think a hilarious source of funny mistakes is the website www.engrish.com ... especially look at their "Most Popular" section... http://www.engrish.com/most-popular/

These are funny signs in bad "English" mostly from various Asian countries (Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, etc.), though a few are from non-Asian countries too...

Here are a few funny ones!

(Click on the picture to get to the original page...)

The "bargain" item is not always the best...!



Poor Wang!



The "burned mutton" may be the most enticing meal here! :)




Best wishes!

Dien
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