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Babelfisch!
Now, you are probably wondering what in the Hell a Babelfisch is...
In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper), one of the most reputable and most read publications in Germany, there was a column called "Babelfisch", where people sent in pictures of vids of people totally mangling the German language.
I thought to myself, it would be really cool to have such a thread for examples of the mangling of our language, the English language.
So, here are the simple rules:
It can be something that an English speaker or a non-english speaker has mangled, and causes us to laugh, or at least to think about it.
Something visual (pic, vid) would be nice, but it can also be a quote. If there is an accompanying link with some cool information, that would also be good.
I will start with an example of chinglish:
![Chinglish-82_zps2699f6c2.png](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1206.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb452%2Fbonncaruso%2FChinglish-82_zps2699f6c2.png&hash=a95a8f1234d07944cbc9f6c7cc1acf2d)
Language Services Associates - Translation and Interpreting » Shanghai Is Trying to Untangle the Mangled English of Chinglish
And from a bar somewhere in Europe, I believe:
Free Drinks for Ladies with Nuts: Delightfully Mangled English from Around the World by Jane O'Boyle | NOOK Book (eBook), Paperback | Barnes & Noble
Have fun, and to modify a quote from the OP of Coffee Shop II:
"So check your spurs, sidearms, politics, and religious fussing at the door, come in to" ... enjoy some linguistic fun and learn from each other!