If you regularly travel abroad then you have most probably come across a somebodies attempt to translate English. Now most of the time they get it right but occasionally they get it very wrong and the message ends up being confusing and quite often funny.
Check out this list of English signs written by non English speaking people from around the world.
1. IN A BANGKOK TEMPLE
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.
2. Cocktail Lounge, Norway
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.
3. Doctor’s Office, Rome
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
4. Dry Cleaners, Bangkok
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.
5. In a Nairobi Restaurant
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE, OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.
6. On a Poster at Kencom
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO WE CAN HELP.
7. In a City Restaurant
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.
8. In a Cemetery
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS, FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.
9. Tokyo hotel’s rules and regulations
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE, OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIORS IN BED.
10. In a Tokyo Bar
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.
11. Hotel, Yugoslavia
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE, IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
12. Hotel, Japan
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
13. In the lobby of a Moscow Hotel, across from a Russian Orthodox Monastery
YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY, WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY, EXCEPT THURSDAY.
14. Hotel, Zurich
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
15. Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?
16. Airline ticket office, Copenhagen
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
17. A Laundry in Rome
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND THEN SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.
18. Seen in an Abu Dhabi Souk shop window
IF THE FRONT IS CLOSED PLEASE ENTER THROUGH MY BACKSIDE…