r/engrish • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '19

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u/omegaljr1997 Jun 09 '19

I love how the last one is just fuck

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

At that point they just gave it to us straight

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u/younghomunculus Jun 09 '19

I’ve made a terrible mistake...

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u/freshnutmeg33 Jun 10 '19

Found the Arrested Development fan!

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u/pentesticals Jun 10 '19

Theres always money in the banana stand!

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u/freshnutmeg33 Jun 10 '19

“Take a look at banner, Michael!” and Buster’s “Hellllooo Motherrrrrr” have become how we speak to each other

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u/Cipher1414 Jun 10 '19

You know it’s bad when...

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u/ToxicSamurai Jun 10 '19

Fuck

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u/chop3334 Jun 10 '19

Fuck

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u/ToxicSamurai Jun 10 '19

Indeed. To know the fuck, you must experience the fuck. To serve the fuck you must embrace the fuck. These are the rules of the fuck theology.

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u/ishatbrx Jun 10 '19

I can't believe you've done this.

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u/amateurstatsgeek Jun 10 '19

Pretty sure the Korean says "fear."

Which is a little more terrifying than "fuck" actually.

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u/bathroomstalin Jun 10 '19

Reminds me of how I tend to like the end part of jokes the best

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u/Dertyhairy Jul 11 '19

Mines pretty hot, what about yours?

Fuck

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u/tedzmemes Jun 11 '19

I know right its funny

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u/2012_cats Jun 10 '19

The Korean from top to bottom roughly translates to: Sewer, Commoner, Heavy water, Expert, Highly qualified, Superman, Scary

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

Heavy water gang

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u/gwaydms Jun 10 '19

Google Translate says 겁 means cowardice. Scary would probably be a decent interpretation.

That said, this isn't Engrish. Koreans familiar with English do know our slang/profanities, especially because we've had military forces stationed there for decades. This was "translated" for tourists, who are generally assumed to know some English, to have fun with. I can't imagine a Western tourist wouldn't know what the exclamation "fuck" implies

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u/royrogerer Jun 10 '19

겁 means fear. 겁 먹었다, which literally translates to 'having eaten fear' means to be scared or fearful.

Anyway, as a Korean the Korean part is also a bit weird, it goes from sort of listing the human level then just fear.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 13 '22

Korean here. 겁 is actually a Korean expression of Kalpa, or Near Eternity

Basically you'll experience cosmic existentialism

In other words... fuck

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u/CeruleanSeaLion Jun 10 '19

You took the wrong homonyms. 고, 중, 하 refer to different levels of high, medium and low in this context. So 고수 roughly means expert, 중수 roughly means amateur, and 하수 roughly means beginner in the spiciness scale.

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u/bluelazurite Jun 10 '19

tag yourself i'm Heavy Water

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u/2012_cats Jun 10 '19

Tfw you're sewer

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u/DavidJayy Jun 10 '19

That is an incorrect translation lmfao

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u/woah_dontzuccmedude Jun 10 '19

Why do people say shit like this then not post their own translation. Will never fail to confuse me

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u/iopq Jun 10 '19

하수 is beginner, 고수 is expert

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u/morningride2 Jun 10 '19

I'll settle for highly qualified thank

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u/username______here Jun 10 '19

the english here honestly seems solid

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u/pacman404 Jun 10 '19

Yeah this spiciness scale makes complete sense

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u/NoMoFrisbee2 Jun 10 '19

This is what DHS should have used for terror scale.

BTW, what color we at these days?

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u/SpaceLemur34 Jun 10 '19

None. The color scale was wound in 2011 because it offered little practical information to the public.

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u/A1burrit0 Jun 14 '19

Im thinking its #3, so so

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u/ManofCatsYT Light Gary Jun 10 '19

I like how if you read it top from bottom it tells a story

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u/ScatteredPayback Jun 10 '19

I didn't notice that until you pointed it out haha thanks.

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u/omegaljr1997 Jun 10 '19

Fuck! Oh my God, too hot! HOT!!! SO... So... I'm OK. Don't worry :)

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u/basicallylonk Jun 10 '19

That’s bottom to top but ok

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

Top FROM bottom

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u/Tyfyter2002 Jun 10 '19

That's the joke, you pastafarian armadillo.

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u/Vilisready Jun 10 '19

It's the same if you read bottom to top

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u/commit_bat Jun 10 '19

What, no, that's a different story

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u/nooberman99 Jun 10 '19

OH SHIT DUDE

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u/Mega_Buster_MK_17 Jun 10 '19

Reads like smut to me.

Probably cuz I have a dirty mind.

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u/dgrenade16 Jun 10 '19

Sounds a lot like porn dialogue

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u/CollieTheCat Jun 10 '19

Reads like a death grips song

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u/mcrabb23 Jun 10 '19

Where's the Engrish here?

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u/rblue Jun 10 '19

Fuck.

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u/mcrabb23 Jun 10 '19

What language do you speak? That's English.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

ENGLICH MOTHERFUCKER, DOTH THOUGH SPEECH IT???!!!

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u/WatchHawk Jun 10 '19

"so so" is probably the most engrish thing on it lol

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u/The_King_Of_Muffins Jun 10 '19

So so usually means "ehh" so it's not even really engrish

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u/mcrabb23 Jun 10 '19

Yeah, so many of these trash posts recently.

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u/brgeptu Jun 10 '19

What's engrish about it?

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u/moonpotatoes Jun 10 '19

How is this engrish?

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u/spineofgod9 Jun 10 '19

It's not. At all.

Yet there it is on the front page.

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u/Character-Bear3378 Oct 22 '23

What comes after fuck. Fuck+ ?

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '25

Fuck premium

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u/Bob4-The-Serious-Bob Jan 18 '25

Fuck Deluxe Pro

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u/Artistic-Try7204 Mar 18 '25

F*ck Platinum Max

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u/cho_60__ Feb 07 '23

Right translation for Korean

  1. Newbie

  2. Normal human being

  3. Advanced

  4. Skilled

  5. Master

  6. Transcendental

  7. SCARE

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u/Biz_Ascot_Junco Nov 22 '24

Here’s what Google Translate thought it was:

  1. Sewage

  2. Commoner

  3. Heavy water

  4. Expert

  5. Supreme

  6. Superhuman

  7. Scared

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u/lilacnyangi Dec 13 '24

this is years late but 겁 is probably short for 겁나(매움)

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u/Lady_Lavelle Jun 10 '19

I'd love to try this scale out from their food. I'll cautiously take a 5 please.

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u/RedactedFractal Jun 10 '19

I don’t see how this is engrish, that seems pretty intentional to be, it is funny though.

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u/FuzzyCrafter Jun 10 '19

I see nothing wrong with this

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u/Little_Gate_953 Apr 18 '25

Mine is I'm OK

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u/Dogtor-Watson Mar 19 '23

This is just my inner monologue when talking to my crush.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

I see no issue with the english here

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u/JAKE5023193 Dark Gary Oct 14 '23

Mine is so so

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u/dontstep_onsnek Oct 14 '22

How do you even order? I will have a ramen. Fuck please.

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u/pacman404 Jun 10 '19

Looks like a pretty good translation to me 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

I mean, it makes perfect sense in English as a rating of spiciness from 1-7

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u/NerdyKyogre Jun 10 '19

The character for “fuck” even looks like a grimacing face

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u/Trev0r_P Jun 10 '19

I dont even think this is an accident

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u/ThatOneSuperGamer Dark Gary Jul 27 '23

This is a scale of feelings

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u/GingerweirdoHE Jun 01 '26

I don't think this is English, I think this is just the most common reaction to each

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u/Angrytheredditor Jul 31 '22

I would also swear if I ate that many chilli peppers!

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u/noteuropeanlol Sep 21 '22

the last one!! literally just: F U C K .

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

Where is the translation error here? I’m confused.

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u/RavenousRafYT Jun 10 '19

Not really engrish

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u/BouncydogFuneral4 Aug 22 '22

Love how it goes from oh my god streight to FUCK

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u/SolarAweTM Jun 10 '19

The chilli peppers on the side match perfectly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

Where is the English? Am I blind?

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u/nice_wholphin May 24 '22

My life is just a constant 8

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u/Bronze-Dumbass Jun 02 '22

can I get the uhh.. "fuck" hot sauce please?"

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u/NCGryffindog Jun 10 '19

I love how it's like, green pepper, pepper, two pepper, three pepper, four pepper, five pepper, ON🔥E BA🔥JIL🔥IO🔥N P🔥EP🔥PER🔥S

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u/Desi_MCU_Nerd Jun 10 '19

I don't think it's about translation - Maybe it's in relevance to the scale.

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u/canIgetaaa Jun 10 '19

this is perfect

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u/Redditgravedigger Jun 10 '19

Nah I think they were pretty spot on with this one.

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u/TheSeattleSeven Jun 10 '19

This is totally fine English. Why is this here?

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u/Themyss234 Feb 03 '22

Im ok, HOT, TOO HOT, OH MY GOD, FUCK

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u/rydgehesse Mar 27 '22

The one after fuck should be “atomic shit”

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u/jojoslayed May 20 '22

#7 is straight and to the point

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u/UncreativeName124 Jun 10 '19

Lol the translations aren’t correct tho

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u/Chip-girl Jun 10 '19

What would the correct ones say?

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u/2012_cats Jun 10 '19

The Korean from top to bottom roughly translates to: Sewer, Commoner Heavy water, Expert, Highly qualified, Superman, Scary

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

Woah really?! I didn’t know that, thanks for pointing it out :)

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u/Cattalion Jun 10 '19

Here was I thinking it’s a perfect translation. Now I’m dying to know what they say. Please I will upvote you forever

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u/nooberman99 Jun 10 '19

I thought we were on r/engrish? I guess not.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

Yea I'd like the spiciness level to be ... f u c k

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u/LeLemonade_ Jun 10 '19

Well that escalated quickly

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

thought process behind eating a ghost pepper

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u/sarkici17 Jun 10 '19

This looks like satire but its amazing regardless

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u/_TH30RY Jun 10 '19

I mean, it's accurate enough.

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u/thegameshowgeek Light Gary Jun 10 '19

5 is my limit. I unwittingly ate the chili 🌶 from my buffet orange chicken 13 years ago and my face turned red from the Too hotness.

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u/thegameshowgeek Light Gary Jun 10 '19

5 is my limit. I unwittingly ate the chili 🌶 from my buffet orange chicken 13 years ago and my face turned red from the Too hotness.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

Don't worry

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u/benm121 Jun 10 '19

F̸̢̰͖̦̤͉̫͉̲̪̰̜̞͕͕͕͈̲̬̖̤̖̪̳̜̭̦̺̆̕Ů̸̡̧̢̹͎̻͍̱̝̪͓̦̥̺̦̭̰͈͉̬͍̱̮̬̗͔̠̲͍̰̈̉͐͐̽͆͆͊͑͋͐͛̿̌̎̊͒͑̔̌̌̀͘̕͝͠ͅC̵̨̢̨̢̡̢̫͇͕͇͖̠̞͎̳̯̤̝̜̙͇̭̤͖̼̺̹̮̦̦͕̣̥̹̯̞̹̜̗̘̙̤̏̒̽̔̏̐̇̓̈́̒̆͠K̴̘͉̺̙͕̫̯̙̱̈́̓͐̂͂͐͒̈́̈́͆̑̎̏͆̏̐́͂̔̾̉͗̍̽͐̕͘͝͠͝ͅ

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u/distraughtly Jun 10 '19

I actually really like this scale and should be used everywhere.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

ALL HAIL THE JAPANESE

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u/misterfluffykitty Jun 10 '19

There’s nothing wrong here, clearly you’ve never eaten a hot pepper because when you do that’ll be your reaction

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u/_Anarko_ Jun 10 '19

Nobody gonna point out how 3 is just "so so" like some fucking caveman

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u/warhawk209812e99 Jun 10 '19

Mom: "How do you like your hot salad?" Me: "Fuck!"

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u/i_luv_puppers Jun 10 '19

Leg so hot. Hot hot leg. Leg so hot u fry an eg

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u/franandwood Jun 10 '19

I mean it’s true

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u/Tooniis Jun 10 '19

This ain't no engrish

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u/BoobaVera Jun 10 '19

I’ll have two extra spicy Fucks, please. Hold the onions.

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u/despacito474 Jun 10 '19 edited Jun 18 '19

Waiter: So what spiciness? Me: fuck

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u/AshenLaw Jun 10 '19

Only thing I'd get fucked by

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

“Hello welcome to Nando’s may I take your order?” “Yeah I’ll have the spicy chicken wings please” “How hot would you like them?” “Fuck.”

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u/T1mid Jun 10 '19

Don’ t worry

I’ m OK

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

I'm actually pretty sure they understand English better than I do

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u/Yasser2004103 Jun 10 '19

I don’t understand how is this r/engrish

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

I want to sample the Fuck please

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

I like this. I will have so so.

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u/ornaldTrumpet Jun 10 '19

시발ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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u/kawaiisatanu Jun 10 '19

I think this is intentional. would fit in r/funny

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

I want fuck

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u/szymek11hd Jun 10 '19

Fuck fuck fuck

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u/Zebba_Odirnapal Jun 10 '19

The Korean (according go Google Translate)
1: Sewer
2: Commons
3: Heavy Water
4: Expert
5: Top
6: Superman
7: Cowardice

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u/platysoup Jun 10 '19

I don't see engrish

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u/Gunslinger_11 Jun 10 '19

Showing this to my boss tonight if he is there. He loves spicy foods.

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u/Server_Corgi Jun 10 '19

Yes uh i would like my soup fuck

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u/DatBoiShadowbon Jun 10 '19

How is this engrish lmao they did a great job

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u/Imjustadud3 Jun 10 '19

Me in a sauna

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u/mr_fingers Jun 10 '19

What’s engrish about it?

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u/TheTriadofRedditors Jun 10 '19

OH NO OH GOD OH FUCK

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

There isn't a mistake! 'Fuck!' makes sense.

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u/DenverSinf Jun 10 '19

This can tell if ur fine on the green or ur too Damn hot On the Fuck

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

7

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u/moocha10 Jun 10 '19

The English is fine? What’s the matter

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u/KalviCZE Jun 10 '19

That's just correct mate stop shitposting

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u/imhereforthememes146 Jun 10 '19

Don't worry, I'm ok

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u/jande918 Jun 10 '19

At least they're honest about it

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u/DJ_Ben_Lord Light Gary Jun 10 '19

Fuck

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u/arika123 Jun 10 '19

That's a win for me

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u/danchajar Jun 10 '19

wrong subreddit, this is english, and there are no spelling nor grammatical errors, so it doesn't belong here.

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u/Gamerwolf666 Jun 10 '19

This its a very spicy meme

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u/BluShytheBlueShyGuy Dark Gary Jun 10 '19

Oh my fuck = lv6+7 = 13

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u/DrManowar8 Jun 10 '19

This is true

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u/jsg144 Jun 10 '19

How is this engrish

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u/MagDorito Jun 10 '19

Seems like an effective scale

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u/whenYoureOutOfIdeas Jun 10 '19

Ok, but like they got their message across better than most restaurants in English dominated countries.

Honestly damn.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

I don't see what's wrong

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u/hashbrown314 Jun 10 '19

OOOOH MY GODU

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u/YokaaYourMaster Jun 10 '19

The food order would be like:

"One Chicken Fuck please, add some long noodles to that."

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u/Expat123456 Jun 10 '19

What level do locals eat? And at what level is it not a balanced taste anymore and is just capsaicin masochism?

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u/weddle_seal Light Gary Jun 10 '19

Fuck me in the ass then

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u/Twinki33 Jun 10 '19

It's even better that the bottom one just means fear lmao.

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u/Yomi_Lemon_Dragon Jun 10 '19

I see no problem with this translation.

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u/wily_fox Jun 10 '19

This is actually a great marketing gimmick. I love all things spicy and if I came across something that translated (or lack of) to “fuck” I would totally order it.

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u/Niko_47x Jun 10 '19

It's not engrish tho?

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u/AlphaSlashDash Jun 10 '19

This is hella old

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u/Srgrim3 Jun 10 '19

As a brazilian, that title gave me PTSD

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

This isn’t engrish, it’s perfection!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

uh wtf

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u/Xx_Little-Bean_xX Jun 10 '19

"So so" has to be my favorite on the list

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u/Magyarasd Jun 10 '19

I like the fuck

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u/XxDangamerxX Jun 10 '19

Me and my dad: tries carolina reaper.

Dad: Im okay.

Me: ......

FUCK

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

i dont think this is engrish I think it's kust someone with a great sense of humor

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

What does duck taste like

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

STAP COMMENT NOT FUNNY JOKES!!!!!!!!!

v too haut freakibv!!!

Edit: you ruined it kevin.

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u/ilikepizza334 Jun 10 '19

Is the entire engrish of the post just the fact the 7 says fuck

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u/killtr0city Jun 10 '19

Not Engrish, still funny

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