Saturday, April 4, 2009

My favorite Chinglish from this week:

You know what they say...no paint, no gains.

Student: I think we should do a play about the famous piano player. Shopping.
Me: He played the piano shopping? Like, at the mall? I have no idea what that means. Is he Chinese?
Student: NO! He is an old man. You can see a movie about him. He played the piano. Shopping!
Me: ...
Student: ...
Me: Chopin?
Student: YES! Shopping!

2 comments:

The Caple Crew said...

haha! i love it!

how much longer are you in China?

barrios said...

Engrish.