Signs of the times (2)

Remember my previous post on signs of the times? Here's my second installment, courtesy of another forwarded message. I've culled the food stuff, of course:

• A local burger restaurant called Mang Donald's


• A doughnut shop called MacDonuts

... and then some more!

• Barber shop called Felix The Cut


• Then, there are Christopher Plumbing


• A boutique called The Way We Wear


• A video rental shop called Leon King Video Rental

Smart travelers can decipher what may look like baffling signs to unaccustomed foreigners by simply sounding out the 'Taglish' (The Philippine version of English words spelled and pronounced with a heavy Filipino such as:

• At a restaurant menu in Cebu “We hab sopdrink in can an in batol” [translation: We have soft drinks in can and in bottle]


• Then, there is a sewing accessories shop called Bids And Pises - [translation: Beads and Pieces, or Bits and Pieces]
  

There are also many signs with either badly chosen or misspelled words but they are usually so entertaining that it would be a mistake to 'correct' them like...

• In a restaurant in Baguio City, the 'summer capital' of the Philippines: “ Wanted: Boy Waitress”


• On a highway in Pampanga: “We Make Modern Antique Furniture”


• On the window of a photography shop in Cabanatuan: “We Shoot You While You Wait”


• And on the glass front of a cafe in Panay Avenue in Manila: “Wanted: Waiter, Cashier, Washier”

Some of the notices can even give a wrong impression such as:

• A shoe store in Pangasinan which has a sign saying: “We Sell Imported Robber Shoes” (these could be the 'sneakiest' sneakers)


• A rental property sign in Jaro reads: “House For Rent, Fully Furnaced” (it must really be hot inside)!


• Occasionally, one could come across signs that are truly unique - if not altogether odd. City in southern Philippines which said: ”Adults: 1 peso; Child: 50 centavos; Cadavers: fare subject to negotiation”

Some folks also 'creatively' redesign English to be more efficient.

• “The creative confusion between language and culture leads to more than just simple unintentional errors in syntax, but in the adoption of new words, “says reader Robert Goodfellow who came across a sign .....House Fersallarend' (house for sale or rent). Why use five words when two will do?

Now I ask you where else in the world would one want to live?