Hanalog

Caution: Just trying to respect those who might be turned off by innuendoes (as you suddenly perk up in your seat). This isn’t graphic but a little bit uncomfortable. Why post it? Because the misuse of English is extremely common here in Japan and this example kinda shocked me a bit. The fact that I, being someone who used to have blue hair and wear tshirts that said “I (heart) Your Mom” found it shocking … made me think it was worth a post.

Ok. Most of you will not be able to read the shirt. Sorry .. it is from my keitai (cell phone) and this was the closest I could get without being too obvious. Now, I am posting this without checking the whitestarr.com URL on the top … but it was the second, smaller text that caught my attention. Having trouble reading it? Need a hint? Yes. There is some slang in there. “….. in yo’ window’. Now the first word is what cracks me up because it took me reading it 3 times to understand it. I am slower than most so perhaps my friends would think rereading something 3 or 4 times is my normal … but I think you might do the same if you saw someone wearing a tshirt that said “Sexual in yo’ window”.

Yes. That’s right. And no. I am NOT certain what it means .. but I think I know. And that is the typical Engrish that you notice all around the city. My mission .. to create Japanish .. the embarrassingly bad, yet humorous use of Japanese … just don’t expect anything to be going on in yo’ window.