Funny English

Here is a collection of strange signs that you may enjoy sharing with your studentswith appropriate explanations! You can use them in various ways, for example asking just what is wrong or getting students to correct them. Private school NO TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION. Hotel !edroom, "apan GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED. #octor$s surgery, %ome SPECIA IST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES. &ocktail lounge, 'orway ADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHI DREN IN THE BAR. Hotel, (capulco THE MANAGER HAS PERSONA ! PASSED A THE WATER SERVED HERE.

Hotel airconditioner instructions, "apan COO ES AND HEATES" IF !OU WANT CONDITION OF WARM AIR IN !OUR ROOM# P EASE CONTRO !OURSE F. )oo, Hungary P EASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMA S. IF !OU HAVE AN! SUITAB E FOOD# GIVE IT TO THE GUARD ON DUT!. %esaurant, 'airo!i CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER. &ar rental !rochure, *okyo WHEN PASSENGER OF FOOT HEAVE IN SIGHT# TOOT E THE HORN. TRUMPET HIM ME ODIOUS ! AT FIRST# BUT IF HE STI OBSTAC ES !OUR PASSAGE THEN TOOT E HIM WITH VIGOUR. %iver highway TAKE NOTICE" WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER# THIS ROAD IS IMPASSAB E. Poster ARE !OU AN ADU T THAT CANNOT READ$ IF SO# WE CAN HE P. %estaurant OPEN SEVEN DA!S A WEEK# AND WEEKENDS TOO.

(utomatic hand dryer in pu!lic lavatory DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET HANDS. +aternity ward NO CHI DREN A OWED.

&emetery PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING F OWERS FROM AN! BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES. %estaurant menu, ,wit-erland OUR WINES EAVE !OU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR. .ar, *okyo SPECIA COCKTAI S FOR THE ADIES WITH NUTS. *emple, .angkok IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN EVEN A FOREIGNER IF DRESSED AS A MAN. "apanese pu!lic !ath FOREIGN GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO PU COCK IN TUB. Hotel !edroom, *hailand P EASE DO NOT BRING SO ICITORS INTO !OUR ROOM. Hotel !rochure, /taly THIS HOTE IS RENOWNED FOR ITS PEACE AND SO ITUDE. IN FACT# CROWDS FROM A OVER THE WOR D F OCK HERE TO EN%O! ITS SO ITUDE.

Hotel !edroom, "apan !OU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID. Hotel, Yugoslavia THE F ATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH P EASURE IS THE %OB OF THE CHAMBERMAID. Hotel lo!!y, .ucharest THE IFT IS BEING FI&ED FOR THE NE&T DA!. DURING THAT TIME WE REGRET THAT !OU WI BE UNBEARAB E. ,upermarket, Hong 0ong FOR !OUR CONVENIENCE# WE RECOMMEND COURTEOUS# EFFICIENT SE F'SERVICE.
Hotel, +oscow 1opposite %ussian 2rthodox monastery3

!OU ARE WE COME TO VISIT THE CEMETER! WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS# ARTISTS# AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAI ! E&CEPT THURSDA!.
4rom the Soviet Weekly

THERE WI BE A MOSCOW E&HIBITION OF ARTS B! ()#*** SOVIET REPUB IC PAINTERS AND SCU PTORS. THESE WERE E&ECUTED OVER THE PAST TWO !EARS.
'ewspaper, 5ast (frica

A NEW SWIMMING POO IS RAPID ! TAKING SHAPE SINCE THE CONTRACTORS HAVE THROWN IN THE BU K OF THEIR WORKERS.
.lack 4orest, 6ermany

IT IS STRICT ! FORBIDDEN ON OUR B ACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOP E OF DIFFERENT SE&# FOR INSTANCE# MEN AND WOMEN# IVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT UN ESS THE! ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Hotel, )urich

BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIET! OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SE& IN THE BEDROOM# IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE OBB! BE USED
7aundry, %ome

ADIES# EAVE !OUR C OTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.

(dvertisement for donkey rides, *hailand

WOU D !OU IKE TO RIDE ON !OUR OWN ASS$

Hotel !edroom, +oscow

IF THIS IS !OUR FIRST VISIT TO THE USSR# !OU ARE WE COME TO IT.
*ourist agency, &-echoslovakia

TAKE ONE OF OUR HORSE'DRIVEN CIT! TOURS. WE GUARANTEE NO MISCARRIAGES.

#entist$s advertisement, Hong 0ong

TEETH E&TRACTED B! THE ATEST METHODISTS.

(irline, &openhagen

WE TAKE !OUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN A

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