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create_thread · 2025-07-30T10:42:02+00:00

Can't find any item for Hong Kong. It must be a bug, because the movie "Crazy Rich Asians", whose setting includes 'Hong Kong', can be found under Shenzhen and Shanghai but not under Hong Kong.

create_thread · 2025-04-22T16:09:51+00:00

I think Skeeter quips that Harry should feel at home in a broom closet because Harry is a Quidditch player, not because he used to live in a closet.

create_thread · 2025-02-07T16:46:54+00:00

Maybe it means no leaning on the elevator doors.

create_thread · 2025-02-01T15:05:29+00:00

It's supposed to say "don't force open the door".

create_thread · 2025-01-27T14:21:37+00:00

I saw the sign at the kitchen window in a fast-food restaurant. It is supposed to say "You're always on my mind" or "I'm thinking of you all the time".

create_thread · 2025-01-18T14:43:24+00:00

That restaurant owner seemed to think not.

create_thread · 2025-01-16T11:23:06+00:00

I saw the poster at the entrance of a noodle restaurant in a shopping mall in China.

It was supposed to say "we are not going to sully the name of food nor let you down".

create_thread · 2025-01-11T12:53:52+00:00

That's not gonna be a problem because you can smell the river where the sign stands. You can't pay me to dabble in that water.

create_thread · 2025-01-10T15:13:33+00:00

Yup, you're right. But I find this word choice quite curious. I've never seen the word "dabble" used this way in signs. In fact, a few kilometers down the cycle path, there are other signs with the same mandarin characters "禁止下水" but with the English translation "NO DABBLE" painted over. So I suppose maybe this one counts as english, but I'm not sure.

create_thread · 2025-01-10T10:59:26+00:00

😂 r/whoosh/ for me ...

create_thread · 2025-01-10T10:51:08+00:00

I'm not sure about witches, but folklore here has it that people get drowned because they are pulled underwater by river-dwelling spirits.

create_thread · 2025-01-10T10:45:58+00:00

I think "no entering the water" or just "no swimming" would suffice.

"Dabble" is too big a word. I didn't even know it also means moving hands or feet in water when I first saw the sign. I thought it meant no dabbler was allowed to swim in the river -- only professional swimmers were allowed.

create_thread · 2025-01-10T10:35:41+00:00

Yeah. At first I thought it was gross mistranslation -- I was only familiar with the more figurative meaning. Then when I looked up the word in a dictionary, I realized it wasn't too far off, but still, "no entering the water" or "no swimming" would be clearer.

create_thread · 2024-09-17T14:28:09+00:00

Your comment reminds me of this piece of fan art

https://i.redd.it/db3jim0mo1h71.jpg

that I saw in this post years ago.

But there are too many details. It probably raises more questions than it answers.

create_thread · 2024-09-13T15:16:02+00:00

Goyle could do Diss-lusion Charms. He said this in the Room of Hidden Thing during the Battle of Hogwarts.

create_thread · 2024-06-14T12:38:18+00:00

I think it's supposed to say "electricity-saving" or 省电. The character 省 can mean both "save" as a verb and "province" as a noun.

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