all 32 comments

[–]rasher_of_bacon 16 points17 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

This reminds me of teaching English in China. One of the Chinese teachers was walking around proudly sporting a T-shirt with the words 'Go F*ck Yourself' written on it whilst supervising young kids.

[–]ILL_Show_Myself_Out 22 points23 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Two sides to that coin though: Americans get Chinese words tattooed on themselves without any knowledge as to what they mean.

[–]lbmouse 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Usually right above the ass and it translates to "Insert Here".

[–]cuntarsetits 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

On the whole, it's quite rare for coins not to have two sides.

[–]MirthSpindle 14 points15 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

My chinese grandmother bought a pair of pants with "JUSTIN BIEBER" down the side in bold purple.

[–]DubbleCheez 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

GMOTY Award!

[–]x-skeww 11 points12 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

You seem to think that this was a mistake. It wasn't.

If no one gets offended by that kind of thing, you can just do it. Also, there are bonus points for catching the attention of tourists. I mean, let's be honest, it's fucking hilarious.

[–]Saigaijin[S] 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

It was a mistake actually. It's at a place in Osaka. I talked to the store owner and he thought it was a "cool word for huge or big"...as in "fu#king awesome", "fu#king cool". He showed me his electronic dictionary that explained it that way...pretty funny. The signs are down now unfortunately since he got a fine from the city for posting it.

[–]Giant_Enemy_Cliche 6 points7 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Linguist here. The Japanese recognise the word "fuck" as an intensifier in English, but don't take offence at it as it's not an offensive word in their own language. Combine it with the fact that English is cool in Japan in a similar way that Japanese is cool to westerners and you get "FUCKIN' SALE" as a sound marketing strategy.

I remember there was actually a fairly in depth discussion about this on the famous linguistics blog "Language log".

[–]Saigaijin[S] 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Cunninglinguist? It's still regarded as offensive here but the guy didn't look up the correct definition in his dictionary. It was offensive enough to get him a 30,000yen fine...poor guy.

[–]probablytoohonest 16 points17 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I don't get the title.

[–]heyronii 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

You're probably too honest.

[–]peterquest -1 points0 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

You're hey ronii.

[–]theresaviking -3 points-2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Judging from the little yen symbol and assorted Japanese letters, somebody used a translated 'sale sign' in a Japanese clothing store and added the 'fucking' as a prefix without knowing its western connotations with sex, thinking it more how the French use 'hyper'.

Essentially the person doesn't need english lessons.

[–]Moopies 5 points6 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I'm kind of embarassed, because when I first looked at this, I thought to myself, "I don't get it, everything is spelled correctly, they even put an apostrophe at the end of fuck-OHHHHHHHhhhhhh"

[–]konungursvia 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

This photo was taken in Japan.

[–]Stare_Decisis 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Japan actually does have some fuckin' good sales to be honest.

[–]Ells86 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

that's bc everything is so damned expensive to start with! :-p

[–]ReadySetJoe 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

If every sale sounded this excited to sell things- I would probably go. Example: FUCKIN' BLACK FRIDAY SALE!!! DEALS 'N' SHIT!!!

[–]SupermanV2 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I think a regular sale would have worked. The fuckin' is thrown in for free.

[–]cheeto44 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I'd fuckin shop there. Always a good idea to pick up a bit of extra fucks to give.

[–]crzystve42 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Japan must have a lot of swag

[–]DuckingStation 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Who needs fuckin' english lessons

[–]ErsatzCats 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I don't know too much about Eastern culture, but they tend to regard Western slang as "cool" and disregard any negative connotations associated with it. Just speculating here, but the use of "Fuckin'" is socially acceptable there and in no way looked down upon.

[–]lasernut 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

This hilarious Dutch commercial plays on this theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr_bizbxTiU&t=4s

[–]Ixidane 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Maybe this is a whorehouse that is being advertised for?

[–]tacojohn48 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I could really see the confusion as often in culture it seems that fuck is just used as an adjective to mean large. One time I was in Los Angeles working with an organization that brings foods to communities and gives it to those in need and one of the people picking up food was a homeless man and he told me that "God sees all the work you're doing and you are just going to be fucking blessed." At first I thought he was trolling and just trying to get a reaction out of us church folk, but then I realized he was sincere and that's just the way he normally talks.

[–]fuzz_le_man 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I have all the fuckin' I need, thank you.

[–]SeeDerekRun 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Fuckin' with the apostrophe. Are people not using google translate anymore?

[–]Jack_Inoph 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

444th upvoter? this guy.

[–]drunxor 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

+1 for Japan

[–]sharkseattoast -2 points-1 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

English!? English!? Ooohhhh you mean engrish yaa!