[quote=“cranky laowai”][quote=“Taiwan_Student”]Don’t believe that one bit. It’s easy to look up a word… or trust someone who says that the word you want to use is harmless (malicious information).
The writers of “Sweet Summer Milk” printed across a chick’s breast or "Do you want to F*ck? " know what they are writing.
Who would use a random Chinese word on an American printed T-shirt.[/quote] Lots of people. Exhibit no. 1: the latest entry at Hanzi Smatter.
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Cool! More please… But the designer meant well. It was a mistake, a stupid mistake but a mistake. You should always translate back to the original language when fooling around with language.
[quote=“bumclouds”]Yesterday I noticed a teenage girl and her little brother wearing a t-shirt with the weed symbol on it and the words “Ganja Smoking Area”.
It was something like this:
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Poor kids.[/quote]
That could a legitimate T-shirt to be bought by pot heads. What you need is some Chinese speaking improve guys dressed like Cheech and Chong and extolling the virtues the weed. That would make a good Candid camera and teach them kids a thing or two.
I’ve seen obscure community college T-shirts and some police academy shirts here too- real ones, not the movies. I guess they like to rip off contract jobs too.
Umm… you only buy T-shirts that have messages you support or at least, if you are desperate, messages that you would not object to.[/quote]I think this thread shows very clearly that you are wrong. Wouldn’t the world be a lovely place if people made informed and educated decisions. Unfortunately they don’t.
Took pics of an old diheveled granny lady in bag woman clothes sleeping on the MRT holding a shopping bag that was inscribed “BECAUSE I AM WORTH IT”. An irresistable pic moment.
Wealthy looking Chinese woman in her late forties in the foyer of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in HK last week in a lurid blue T-shirt with the words - I Love BUM Love! Wish I had the chance to snap a pic of that.
Umm… you only buy T-shirts that have messages you support or at least, if you are desperate, messages that you would not object to.[/quote]
And as further evidence to my point check out this jewel from another thread: [quote=“fenlander”]Even the Thai schoolgirls are getting in on the Hitler theme. It seems no one told them lol http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3842744/A-Nazi-day-at-Thai-school.html[/quote]
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