Engrish: setting up you the thread

[mossrose]

Ah! The motto of every liberal on the planet!

[QuantaFille]

I have to say, I'm curious as to what that tastes like.

[QuantaFille]

I have to say, I'm curious as to what that tastes like.

Nevermind. Google Translate says it's just cumin. I literally buy the big canisters of that one, I use so much of it.

[mikewhitney]

Nevermind. Google Translate says it's just cumin. I literally buy the big canisters of that one, I use so much of it.

How did you get the translation? How did you get the right thing to google for the search?

I started seeking ways to find the characters to put into the translator.

[mikewhitney]

The characters are
孜然粉

[Sparko]

How did you get the translation? How did you get the right thing to google for the search?

I started seeking ways to find the characters to put into the translator.

Google translator on the phone can use the camera to translate text. Just pick chinese and point the camera at it from the translate app.

[mikewhitney]

Google translator on the phone can use the camera to translate text. Just pick chinese and point the camera at it from the translate app.

Ah. Thanks.

[The Melody Maker]

Make up your mind!

[The Melody Maker]

Mossy needs this one in her signature!

[The Melody Maker]

Perhaps "bottle" doesn't mean what they think it means...

[The Melody Maker]

I have no words for this one.

[mossrose]

Mossy needs this one in her signature!

You found my sign!



I need somebody to make that into an avatar.

[The Melody Maker]

Courtesy of Captain Obvious!

[mossrose]

I have no words for this one.

Sounds like your Dad's Bostonian accent.................

[Cerebrum123]

Perhaps "bottle" doesn't mean what they think it means...

Or that is the closest literal translation. I've also found out that in Japan they often take only half of an English word then they incorporate it into theirs. That's why you have so many products offering "sand", they took that from "sandwich".