Here Speeching American

Here Speeching American A Very Strange Guide to English as It Is Garbled Around the World

Paperback (05 Oct 2004)

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THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU'LL EVER READ

The celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its head-taking you from the airport to the hotel, from sightseeing to dining out-by using 100 percent real examples of fractured English as spoken and posted abroad:

 Feel like shopping?
We have no good things to sell.
-shop sign, Lovina Beach, Bali

 Feeling sick?
Are you haunted by the horribles? Do you run after your own nose?
-Japanese medical form

 Wondering what to wear?
A sports jacket may be worn to dinner, but no trousers.
-in a French hotel brochure

 Wondering where to eat?
Grill and Roast your clients! Open for lunch, dinner and Sunday Brunch.
-slogan of the Hibiscus restaurant in the Jakarta Hilton International


But don't take our word for it, come see for yourself. And if that's too much to ask, remember the sage advice from the staff of a Taipei hotel: "If there is anything we can do to assist and help you, please do not contact us."

Book information

ISBN: 9780812973150
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Imprint: Villard
Pub date:
DEWEY: 428.00207
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 223
Weight: 154g
Height: 185mm
Width: 119mm
Spine width: 13mm