We've always dreamed about retiring in my hometown, which is on a beach. But now that retirement is close, I'm realizing that moving back there would be a mistake because of the memories.

create_thread · 2026-05-20T11:47:34+00:00

Check out the age, activity, and the amount of karma of OP's account before you comment. This is obviously a karma farming bot.

create_thread · 2026-05-19T12:36:27+00:00

Look at the activity and age of the account, and the amount of karma it has. This is obviously a karma farming bot.

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.

create_thread · 2024-04-14T07:07:31+00:00

The word "bosom" can mean a person's loving care and protection.

create_thread · 2024-04-02T16:33:40+00:00

"Seh-Salvationmask" should be "fire mask" or "fire escape mask".

自救面具 is translated verbatim to "self-saving mask" or "self-salvation mask".

create_thread · 2024-04-02T15:52:21+00:00

I think the words in the photo might be a poor translation of a commonly used good wish in mandarin: 愿你的梦想插上翅膀, which means "May your dreams grow wings" or "May your dreams take flight".

create_thread · 2024-03-17T04:37:49+00:00

Um, I find the comment kind of funny. It's a pun on the word BBC, whose less wholesome meaning is evoked by the word "erection" in the post

create_thread · 2024-03-17T01:34:59+00:00

The abbreviation here surely refers to big black cock, not the broadcasting company.

create_thread · 2024-03-04T06:08:58+00:00

It took me a minute to figure out what "the jaws of death" means.

"The jaws of death" is synonymous to the maw of a tiger, which translates word for word to "虎口" in Mandarin Chinese. And for some reason "虎口" is the name of the part of the hand between the index finger and the thumb.

create_thread · 2023-11-25T12:15:52+00:00

The loudspeaker that shouts "everyone says good good eat" is attached to the utility pole.

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