Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Entertaining Signs (5/30/19)

As happens when any language is translated into another, odd results may occur. This post is not meant in any way to make fun of the people who made the signs, of course. They're doing much better in English than I could do in Korean, and it does seem as if some of the wording is on purpose. So these are just signs that made us smile for one reason or another.

Zoom into the picture on the left of the haircut sign.

It's a gas station, but you wouldn't realize it immediately from the sign.

In philosophy this problem is called a performative contradiction. You can't actually say, for example, "I don't exist". So does this brand exist or not? 

Is this an acceptable place to change money or only average? 

Not a normal combination, but whatever works for you! (Actually, with the benefit of 7 month's experience, this is indeed a normal combination for Koreans. Who knows why!)

A very insistent bathroom use instruction.

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