A
Collection of Signs Written in "English" from Around the World
In a Bucharest hotel lobby:
The elevator is being fixed for the next
day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers:
Please not
to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
On the menu of a Polish hotel:
Salad a firm's own make; red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger;
and roasted duck let loose.
At a Bangkok dry cleaners:
Drop your trousers here for best results.
In a Rome laundry:
Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend
the afternoon having a good time.
At a Budapest zoo:
Please do not feed the animals. If you have
any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.
At the office of a Rome doctor:
Specialist in women and other diseases.
At a shop in Spain:
English well talking. Here speeching American.
(Reminds me of this moment in the movie Casablanca: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th0G8rkhBqg)
From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo:
When passenger of foot heave in sight,
tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if
he still obstacles your passage, then tootle him with vigor.
In a Copenhagen airline ticket office:
We take your bags and send them in all directions.