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Offline Gil

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Engrish at its finest...
« on: March 27, 2008, 12:32:11 PM »
This is what happened when i try to upgrade the firmware of my Samsung DVD Burner. They need some serious English lessons...

oy vey... :D
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Re: Engrish at its finest...
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2008, 12:33:25 PM »
it is probably a bot

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Re: Engrish at its finest...
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2008, 12:34:26 PM »
That doesn't make sense. A bot can't write a software program... Someone had to have inputted the text.
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Re: Engrish at its finest...
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2008, 12:39:15 PM »
Probably a japanese person. They make a lot computers/software in Japan.

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Re: Engrish at its finest...
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2008, 01:03:49 PM »
lol..."a" system will be rebooted.  Which one?  Yours?  The one down the street?  The IntelliStar for Honolulu?  The one that controls our nuclear weapons?

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Re: Engrish at its finest...
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2008, 01:14:59 PM »
LOL, yeah its because most of our electronics are made and programmed in Japan. I'm surprised you have never noticed anything like this before.  :lol:

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Re: Engrish at its finest...
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2008, 01:17:16 PM »
LOL, yeah its because most of our electronics are made and programmed in Japan. I'm surprised you have never noticed anything like this before.  :lol:
I've had my fair share of "Engrish" experiences before, but no where near this bad! :lol:
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Re: Engrish at its finest...
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2008, 01:18:21 PM »
LOL, yeah its because most of our electronics are made and programmed in Japan. I'm surprised you have never noticed anything like this before.  :lol:
I've had my fair share of "Engrish" experiences before, but no where near this bad! :lol:

Then you haven't had too many experiences with Engrish, cause that's not nearly bad compared to some of what I've seen.  :lol:

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Re: Engrish at its finest...
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2008, 01:20:02 PM »
What have you seen?
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Re: Engrish at its finest...
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2008, 01:22:14 PM »
I've seen instructions that were barely understandable they were so messed up. In fact, I have to put up with that every time I install the drivers for my TV tuner. The folks who wrote the software for that obviously have terrible English skills.  :ninja: