There’s probably been a similar thread somewhere, but I’m feeling too lazy to search…so feel free to move this to that one.
So I was at my editing job today and had this to edit:
[context: childrens esl book; for young learners]
“It’s dangerous to play with your balls near windows.”
Aside from the obvious humor, thought it was hilarious once I tried to visualize the situation one would be in for that advice to be true. Yeah, I think it would be pretty dangerous…
One Taiwanese ad I edited years ago listed a series of accomplishments that the company was trying to tout. Instead, they worded it as if it were a series of failures:
“We could have created XXX. We could have invented YYY. We could have accomplished ZZZ.”
Seems they thought “could have” meant “was/were able to”.
I was editing a practice dialogue for a dictionary. The dictionary was divided into sections; the one for “farm animals” included “cock” instead of rooster. The helpful illustrative sentences were, once it was established that “Holly” was on a farm: “Holly was woken up by a big cock every morning. The huge, naughty cock …”
I did change it.
On the other hand, clearly it was a native speaker of English who wrote it in the first place. Maybe I should have let him have his fun.
By the way, has “pearl necklace” become taboo? Can we no longer claim to want one?
This is what comes from watching too many Japanese porn videos. In actuality, Japanese women HATE this practice, which their menfolk learn from these AV porn vids, and the entire thing is just for “show.” It is not in any stretch of the imagination a real sexual position. It is pure Japanese video shite.
Pearl necklace, a necklace made of pearl
“Pearl Necklace” sexual act
“Pearl Necklace” (song), a song by ZZ Top
“Pearl Necklace”, a song by Morisson Poe featured on Perfect Dark Zero
Once I edited an ad for an automatic toilet with a built-in bidet function. The ad used the word “anus” several times: “to clean the anus”, “bathes the anus with medicated water”, etc.
“Surroundingly disposed” shows up in numerous patents. It may not sound too natural in the everyday world, but then, “patent speech” is not the everyday world!
I had a resume to edit this one time. Half a page of school and qualifications, followed by five full pages about the mausoleum the guy wants to build in his own honour, complete with staffing levels, monthly costs, interiors, a description of the surrounding gardens, the lot. Bloke was around 35 years old in low-to-mid management.
I had a resume to edit this one time. Half a page of school and qualifications, followed by five full pages about the mausoleum the guy wants to build in his own honour, complete with staffing levels, monthly costs, interiors, a description of the surrounding gardens, the lot. Bloke was around 35 years old in low-to-mid management.