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Fail of the Month: Weilei Predator!

Posted by Wilson in ...ofthemonth, annoying, engrish, funny, literacy, movies, pic on July 16, 2010

Seen in the Fiji Times Village 6 movie times section is this classic slogan re-worded to suit the reading and comprehension level of the locals.

To reiterate; The slogan for the movie in the above badly pixelated photo reads:

They are the most dangerous killers on the planet but this not our planet.

Boy I sa scared saraga, but the ad heavy I sa want to go watch this movie boy.

We go?

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You know you’re fijian when…

Posted by Wilson in engrish, fiji, lifestyle on July 1, 2009

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Via Facebook comes this handy checklist to see if you know you’re fijian. Here’s a few pointers, and if you raise your eye brows and say “Trues up”, then you know you’re it :)

1) Your parents talk soo damn loud on the phone..but yet they dont realize it.

2) You been to a lovo in some1′s backyard.

3) You see someone you know more than 10 feet away, rather than just waving, or nodding, you yell “OYE!” at the top of your lungs.

4) You go out to a birthday party/function in your nice Bula Dress/Shirt and your Flip Flops. (Guilty as charged)

5) You watch re-runs of past Rugby Sevens tournaments.

The list is quite long, and I found myself nodding my head in amazement. I mean, when you use “Off the light” as part of your vocab for god knows how long, it’s only when it’s pointed out that the english isn’t quite correct then do you realize how funny it is. Have a go yourself. You will be pleasantly surprised.

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Out with “Bula” and In with “Assalam Alaikum”

Posted by Allen in advertising, engrish, fiji, Islam on December 6, 2008

I was searching online for cheap flights to Fiji (don’t ask ><) and then I came across this website – www.bookcheapflightsonline.com

What caught my eye is the picture chosen to depict the island paradise Fiji.

Gone are the white sandy beaches and coconut trees on a sunny day, that we are so used to seeing when promoting Fiji to the world.

I guess a change is good.

Also take time to critique the information

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Fail Picture of the Month

Posted by Wilson in ...ofthemonth, engrish on April 22, 2008

Photo courtesy of the ever resourceful sharky

I…don’t know where to begin :(

PS: I do believe this is the shortest post I’ve ever had the pleasure of posting.

Indeed.

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Err We get pwnd by our own engrish. At least MY engrish…

Posted by Wilson in engrish, funny on February 27, 2008


Logging on gtalk I was greeted by the following offline message from our residential grammar policeman:

Allen: boso, i just just…..

arghhhhh
i cant believe i didn’t spot it the first time
in the slogan….
“56 BPS FASTER THEN COCONUT WIRELESS”
the word “THEN” should be replaced by “THAN”
TH*A*N
Conjunction: than
1. Conjunction used in comparatives
eg. “taller than me”
damn…
this cud even be turned into a post
LMAO
engrish

End of messages received while you were offline at 7:20 PM on Wednesday

Right. I shall leave the banner as is, to serve as a semi-permanent reminder of my near-godlike engrish abilities to make great web banners.

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