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"Engrish" from a Thailand Zoo
 

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These photos are from Rachel, who wins the $10 gift certificate to Amazon.com.  Thanks, Rachel!

(Please note that we are not mocking these signs.  They are amusing in an innocent way, and they are also simply interesting.  Native English speakers make similar mistakes when transliterating English into other languages.  If you have an example of English transliterated into another language in an amusing fashion, please share it with us.)

Send us your e-mail, clipping or photograph (via e-mail or snail mail).  If we use it in Laughing Stock, you will receive a $10 gift certificate from Amazon.com!  We at TOWFI are this week's winner.  Thanks, selves!

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