2008 Summer Olympics can be such a killjoy.
Beijing has decided enough is enough and made plans to rid the nation's capital of bad Chinese to English translations. This could be very well the beginning of the end of the genre.
What's possibly funnier than "Chinglish" is perhaps seeing nonsense Chinese characters got permanently tattooed on some clueless English speaking skins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinglish
http://www.chinglish.de/
Tired of Laughter, Beijing Gets Rid Of Bad Translations, The Wall Street Journal, Monday, February 5, 2007 by Mei Fong
I've written my fair share amount of Chinglish and definitely will continue being a Chinglish practitioner, so you may laugh with me or at me. It's just too funny not to laugh.
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