Tag Archives: Chinglish

Vegetarian And Tea Restaurant

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Meg

103 West Dianmen St. (DiAnMenXi DaJie) 西城区地安门西大街103号，齐鲁饭店后院内. XiCheng District (In the second ring road, just outside the north entrance to Beihai park) The outside is nothing special, just a light-up sign saying “vegetarian restaurant”, but the inside is a wonderful … Continue reading →

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Vade Mecum?

Posted on May 25, 2008 by Meg

David beat me to the punch on this one, but I wanted to make sure you didn’t forget your vade mecum. Whatever that is.

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Take Care Knock Heads

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Meg

In Beijing, it’s hard to get away from the Olympic improvements. I think the changes are somewhere between using the good china for company, and completely reinventing your wardrobe, habits and personality to attract some guy from history class. (Not … Continue reading →

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Adventures In Tutoring

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Meg

I met Joe about a month ago when he asked me to sub for Christina’s class one day, and he’s offered me occasional tutoring and substitute gigs since then. Subbing in an American middle school looks like torture, but subbing … Continue reading →

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Leroy Merlin Circular

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Meg

I know this isn’t the greatest picture, but the circular is pretty shiny and it’s hard to get a good shot. I hope you can at least see that the trendy alphabet window stickers spell out “go home”!!! Not-so-subliminal message, … Continue reading →

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China Blog Mixtape

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Meg

First, here’s a Danwei article about the way the F-bomb pops up in Chinglish translations, and why. Check it out, if only for the screenshot of the computer translations. Lost Laowai talks about the Rape of Nanking. And not in … Continue reading →

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Hello Kitty Chinglish

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Meg

I got a pack of Hello Kitty reward stickers at the supermarket to give to my students. (I have one class with three girls called Kitty, and that makes saying “Hello, Kitty!” hilarious.) It was an assortment of stickers, with … Continue reading →

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Der Landgraf

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Meg

This Saturday, Stick and I went out to German restaurant in Fengtai. We planned to trek out there, have lunch and then, assuming an authentic German restaurant didn’t exist in a vacuum, wander around the area. Der Landgraf was easily … Continue reading →

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Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego.

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Meg

My TAs insist that Pike, Elics and Filick are English boys’ names. Their reasoning behind each choice is that they know someone by that name. I don’t doubt it for a second, but my role as imported English teacher is … Continue reading →

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Becoming Jane

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Meg

I got a copy of Becoming Jane a few days ago. Do you like the description on the back? If you like the Chinglish blurb, you can read the rest of it here. It’s from the Amazon.com page for Becoming … Continue reading →

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