We have always loved this sign! It is posted at the Hotel Coral & Marina in Ensenada, Mexico. Take a look and enjoy the grammar and the sentiments:
Archive for August 4th, 2009
Marinas rule …
Posted in General, GrammarGag Reel (fun stuff), tagged confusion, English, ensenada, fun, grammar, hotel, language, marina, mexico, sign, usage, words, writing on August 4, 2009| 2 Comments »
Lost in translation …
Posted in General, tagged burning fat, calories, cardio, confusion, correct, eating, English, exercise, goof, grammar, Health & Beauty, in. translation, language, lost, mistake, normal, pet peeve, pounds, sign, translate, translation, twitter, usage, weight-loss, words, writing on August 4, 2009| 3 Comments »
We love this … obviously translated into English from some other language … enjoy!
Seen on a Health and Beauty Web site:
“You have to be on fire 3500 MORE calories than you eat, to lose 1 pound of fat. Consequently how a lot of total calories you would require to burn would depend on your caloric eating. Characteristically though, an important person eating correct and exercising frequently can lose 1 – 2 lbs a week with refusal difficulty. I weighed in my opinion before I leaved into a sauna and evaluated 148.8. I went into the sauna for concerning 10 minutes, and weighed for my part behind, I after that weighed 147.6. There single pound, other than if you desire to lose a few weight do a lot of cardio action, somewhat than exciting weights. Losing 1-2 pounds shouldn’t be that tough. I would create yourself off simple though and occupation your weigh up so your body is second-hand to it and you won’t totally tire out yourself and weak. To misplace 1 pound per week you require taking in 500 calories a smaller amount, whether by dropping your food, picking enhanced choices or in grouping with exercise. To mislay 2 pounds per week you require doing the similar, but 1000 calorie decrease per day. Unless you go after a thermo genie diet similar to Kinkiness and then you drop much earlier than the 3500 calorie regulation allows.”
Then, a Twitter follower sent us a twitpic that we just had to include in this post:
Thanks to @albertart who says: “I saw this outside a ramen restaurant when I was in LA.”
Gotta love it!
Cutting losses …
Posted in General, GrammarGag Reel (fun stuff), tagged American-Statesman, Austin, Bank of America, BofA, branches, confusion, cut, English, fun, grammar, headline, language, news, newspaper, Texas, usage, words, writing on August 4, 2009| 1 Comment »
We read this headline last week in the business section of the Austin American-Statesman newspaper:
“Bank of America to cut branches”
(click here for the real story)
What comes to your mind?
Here’s what came to ours:
Too bad money doesn’t grow on trees!
Fall guy …
Posted in General, GrammarGag Reel (fun stuff), tagged Bush, bush 41, CNN, CNN.com, confusion, English, fun, grammar, headline, language, news, Obama, tax, trap, usage, words, writing on August 4, 2009| 1 Comment »
Fun with headlines …
Today, CNN ran this headline:
“Obama may fall into Bush …”
(click here for the real story)
What comes to your mind?
Here’s what came to ours: