Lost In Translation - Misadventures in English Abroad Croker CharliePaperback
Lost In Translation - Misadventures in English Abroad Croker CharliePaperback Spoken by over 700 million jabbering individuals, the English language has traveled to all corners of the…
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Lost In Translation - Misadventures in English Abroad Croker CharliePaperback
Spoken by over 700 million jabbering individuals, the English language has traveled to all corners of the globe--unfortunately, some of it has got a bit muddled along the way. It includes everything from hilarious hotel signs to baffling advertisements, such as the German beauty product offering a "cream shower for pretentious skin," the notice at a French swiming pool which proclaimed that "swimming is forbidden in the absence of the saviour," or the warning sign at a Czech zoo which instructed visitors: "No smoothen the This book affectionately demonstrates the very best--and worst--instances of genuine grammar-gargling from around the world, discovered by the author and his intrepid team of researchers.