Thursday, October 28, 2010

Engrish

I adore Engrish..it's that wonderful combo of English and and Chinese..You know, when a Chinese manufacturer uses a Chinese/English dictionary for their instruction manuals, websites and the like..I recently did a search for replica scarves..I had a hankering for an Hermes scarf, but no desire to shell out the exorbitant bucks that such a purchase would require..so there I go..to the trusty Chinese replica website to try to find one. Well, unfortunately, no luck with the scarf, just a bunch of truly sad looking watches..but a fruitless internet shopping spree is never a waste of time when you get a classic example of Engrish like this

. How is refund done?
If it is not the watch's problem and you ask a refund, in this case you can not get a full refund, you can just get the watch's money back. Just the wrong watch or damaged watch can get a full refund.

Huh?

What exactly is the watch's money? Who knew a watch had a financial statement. And if you DO get the watch's money, wouldn't you in fact be getting a full refund?
And as far as the watch's "problem" is concerned...can a watch, in fact, have a problem? I realize there can be the usual problems with time keeping and such, but would you call that a problem? That could be considered the watch-WEARER'S problem, yes, but not that of the watch itself. When I think of problems, I think, you know..the usual: hunger, poverty, war, illiteracy, unsightly facial hair and the like. A watch, far as I can tell, can have none of these.
And while we're on the subject of poverty, most inanimate objects don't posess money. The aforementioned watch apparently does. (See above: "The watch's money")  Consequently, shouldn't this watch be one of the most problem-free watches around? Particularly when compared with the "wrong" watch and the "damaged" watch mentioned above. 
Cartier BN-72E77D94





This watch looks pretty darn satisfied to me..

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