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« on: Sunday, August 3, 2008, 11:28:17 »
I'm sure most people have seen this, it must have gone viral by now, but for those who haven't, see what happened to the Beijing restaurant that wanted to get an English sign for Olympic visitors. They put their name in an online translation site to get the English translation et voila:

http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2008/07/then-well-grab.html
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #1 on: Sunday, August 3, 2008, 11:32:56 »
Cheesy
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Rich Pullen

« Reply #2 on: Sunday, August 3, 2008, 11:33:05 »
I'm sure the trio of owners Messrs Translate, Server and Error are happy with the sign.

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« Reply #3 on: Sunday, August 3, 2008, 12:18:05 »
They should keep it that way, it'll get a lot of business now.
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