Like countless other people, I too have noticed the general decline of English language proficiency around here. Nowadays it’s often not difficult to pick out Engrish even from stuff that’re meant to be presentable—like promotional materials from large corporations, just to give an example. You’d think their marketing and PR departments would catch these, but they’re becoming increasingly commonplace. Sigh.
For example, this just arrived in my Inbox:
Mcmug and Mcdull Sold Octopus Premium Sets
Huh?
I couldn’t figure out what it was on about until I checked the Chinese version.
hoho
Would you mind translating it into proper English please?
Oh, something like “McMug/McDull Octopus card holder set, retail version”. The Chinese is weird to begin with anyway.