Saturday, October 07, 2006
Good day to you my adoring public! James is here, once again.
Today I happened to chance upon this sign and it is really and excellent example of how the usage of English is really really important!
I was walking around my neighbourhood after a late breakfast and i walked past a second-hand mobile phone shop. Outside this shop, hung a sign with two sentences.
The first sentence was in Chinese, and the second one in English.
The one in Chinese, after translation, read:
We repair watches at a cheap price.
But the English sentence was poorly structured, resulting in a ridiculous line for advertising.
The sentence read:
We repair cheap watches.
Once again, using a real life example, I have proved my point in the PROPER use of English. Both sentences were advertising the same thing.
The first one made plenty of sense.
As for the second sentence, it just makes people laugh. Like how I did. =D
I'm James, that's my name and don't wear it out!
Today I happened to chance upon this sign and it is really and excellent example of how the usage of English is really really important!
I was walking around my neighbourhood after a late breakfast and i walked past a second-hand mobile phone shop. Outside this shop, hung a sign with two sentences.
The first sentence was in Chinese, and the second one in English.
The one in Chinese, after translation, read:
We repair watches at a cheap price.
But the English sentence was poorly structured, resulting in a ridiculous line for advertising.
The sentence read:
We repair cheap watches.
Once again, using a real life example, I have proved my point in the PROPER use of English. Both sentences were advertising the same thing.
The first one made plenty of sense.
As for the second sentence, it just makes people laugh. Like how I did. =D
I'm James, that's my name and don't wear it out!
# posted by The Twit Patrol @ 12:55 PM 
