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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!uchinews!ellis!djb6
  3. From: djb6@ellis.uchicago.edu (Dennis Brennan)
  4. Subject: Chinese Restaurants (was Re: Collecting Funny Mistranslations
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan23.182855.8650@midway.uchicago.edu>
  6. Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
  7. Reply-To: djb6@midway.uchicago.edu
  8. Organization: University of Chicago
  9. References: <8278@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> <1993Jan18.143815.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au> <1993Jan21.005029.10299@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
  10. Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:28:55 GMT
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  13. A gem I found on the wrapper of a pair of chopsticks from an Oriental
  14. restaurant here in Chicago:
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  16. "Welcome to Chinese Restaurant.  Please try Nice Chinese Food with 
  17. chopsticks, the traditional and glorious typical of Chinese history
  18. and culture!"
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  20.  
  21.  
  22. -- 
  23. Dennis Brennan
  24. djb6@midway.uchicago.edu
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