English language – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Raphael tortures Aquarius, Matt Monro destroys Libre (subtitled)

Do Spanish speakers get more excited about “defective” accents than English speakers?

The universality of bu/bo/boo

The strange shrieks of theatrical monsters often don’t require translation.

Clientes / Costumers

MurciaMarketing has a photo of the curious sign that greets the hoards of designers and suppliers of theatrical vestments disembarking hourly at Murcia Airport, but no one else: (Thanks Transblawg.)

CROWDED BY APPEARANCE OF IT DENOUNCES

Lenox has scanned the Guardia Civil’s English translation of a crime report form. I particularly liked the confusion of first person singular verb forms and masculine nouns. So objeto -> “I object” instead of “object”.

“Fuck the certain price of goods”

The mother of all fucked translators lives and works in China.

A beach bar called Rape

Foreigners may know what a chiringuito is, but they’re unlikely to preferentially associate rape with monk fish. Our excellent correspondent has suggested that a french-letter machine in the bathroom of this Mojácar hostelry might also help.

New Flats For Rent: 2 rooms + Hall + 1 Bathroom + Chicken

A bit off-territory (Salmiya sounds like Kuwait), but too good to miss. Although … perhaps it is after all a chicken, and not a kitchen–a friend in Venezuela had a bullock sacrificed to celebrate his move, and I can quite easily imagine Arabian developers giving away a free chicken with every flat. (Thanks to MM)

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