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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!au500
  2. From: au500@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Linda Zinn)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: Chinese Restaurants (was Re: Collecting Funny Mistranslations
  5. Date: 24 Jan 1993 14:01:23 GMT
  6. Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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  8. Message-ID: <1ju7fjINN80o@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
  9. References: <1993Jan23.182855.8650@midway.uchicago.edu> <8278@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> <1993Jan18.143815.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au> <1993Jan21.005029.10299@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
  10. Reply-To: au500@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Linda Zinn)
  11. NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu
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  13.  
  14. In a previous article, djb6@ellis.uchicago.edu (Dennis Brennan) says:
  15.  
  16. >A gem I found on the wrapper of a pair of chopsticks from an Oriental
  17. >restaurant here in Chicago:
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  19. >"Welcome to Chinese Restaurant.  Please try Nice Chinese Food with 
  20. >chopsticks, the traditional and glorious typical of Chinese history
  21. >and culture!"
  22.  
  23. I have that one in my files, too, along with my favorite fortune
  24. cookie message:
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  26.       "You will receive good news of a pleasant nature."
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  29. ________________________________________________________________________
  30. * Linda Zinn                    When you point a finger at someone,    *
  31. * au500@cleveland.freenet.edu   you're pointing three back at yourself *
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