Author Topic: Favourite Kalkan typo (Read 3195 times)

Enişte · « **on:** August 03, 2009, 02:39:11 PM »

I was just asked to help a friend with the English in a document he was preparing and got to thinking about some of the interesting bits of Turnglish I had seen since being here.

I think that any attempt to speak or write in a strange language is admirable, but without making fun of such attempts, have any of you seen a sign or poster in Turkey that made you giggle? My second favourite was on an estate agent's website, selling a villa with '4 bad rooms'. Still the best for me can be found at the KaÃƒâ€¦Ã…Â¸ road entrance to the Kelebek hotel, which advises drivers to drive carefully near their 'bland corner'!

Feel free to think of some, not necessarily in Kalkan or Turkey!

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Blue Lizard · « **Reply #1 on:** August 03, 2009, 03:13:52 PM »

Gream Beems = Green Beans (patara)

1 our Farto sevice =Get your photos back in an hour Kusadasi style!

as you say just a bit of fun..(my turkish is poor)

butterfly · « **Reply #2 on:** August 03, 2009, 04:42:51 PM »

Oh thank you for the best laugh I've had in ages, Eniste. It was just so funny.

Chucky · « **Reply #3 on:** August 03, 2009, 08:35:42 PM »

The best one I saw was in Kalymnos where a restaurant's board announced
"Food for all Testes"
And I thought the way to a man's heart was through his stomach.

claire · « **Reply #4 on:** August 03, 2009, 08:44:05 PM »

Quote from: blue lizard on August 03, 2009, 03:13:52 PM

Gream Beems = Green Beans (patara)

1 our Farto sevice =Get your photos back in an hour Kusadasi style!

as you say just a bit of fun..(my turkish is poor)

I offer a farto service too - and it's not usually necessary to wait for an hour.

Brooksie · « **Reply #5 on:** August 03, 2009, 08:48:51 PM »

We English (I know I'm one) make some major mistakes with the language when we are trying to speak Turkish. Can we hear some from the Turkish speakers among us about our cock ups.

Blue Lizard · « **Reply #6 on:** August 03, 2009, 09:43:59 PM »

Not so much a verbal cock up...but i remember years ago while staying at the serra an elderly couple going off in the hire car for a day out...they came to a village in the middle of nowhere,feeling hungry they went into a restaurant(very busy)after a while waiting for the waiter they decided to help themselves from the buffet,after a while they realised they were in a funeral party and promptly left leaving some money on the table ...i'm afraid beer came out of my nose when they told me

Brooksie · « **Reply #7 on:** August 03, 2009, 10:07:32 PM »

Could have been worse, custard.

Mercimek · « **Reply #8 on:** August 04, 2009, 07:29:00 AM »

A girl I knew decided that when going around Marmaris she would stop the hassle and say she wasn't a tourist (Ben turist deÃƒâ€žÃ…Â¸ilim) but infact what she was saying was I am a mad tourist (Ben turist delim)

kalkanfan · « **Reply #9 on:** August 04, 2009, 08:13:39 AM »

The idea of ice cream in half a melon sounds very tempting but this particular dessert was described as "ice cream - half in the melon". Not sure where the other half went!

Mags · « **Reply #10 on:** August 04, 2009, 12:22:21 PM »

I carefully taught my husband the Turkish for "I'm retired": "emekliyim". To no avail: the first time, it came out as "ekmekliyim". His excuse: that he spends his time loafing around.........!!!