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  Wednesday  April 17  2002    01: 21 AM

Language

Engrish

In Japan you will see many signs and products with english descriptions. At first glance they seem quite ordinary and normal blurbs of text. However upon closer inspection you will realise that many of the english you see, does not make any sense at all. And thus the word is born; "Engrish".

Lest there remain any doubt whatsoever in anyone's mind that the entire function of the English language in Japan is to serve as meaningless decoration, I would like to present you with the largest gallery of engrish pictures on the internet.

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