We apologise for causing a gene

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This amused me:
engrish funny modernized gene
see more Engrish
The puzzle of the lost translation was solved by the first commenter on the original post, who explained that “inconvenience = gêne in French, not gène.”
As in “Your knowledge of English is just fine, it’s your accent that’s the problem”.

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7 Responses to We apologise for causing a gene

  1. Bob O'Hara says:
    June 25, 2009 at 3:45 pm

    I think they should apologise to Gene as well.

  2. Brian Clegg says:
    June 25, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    If gene was caused by the works, does that make him genetically engineered?

  3. steffi suhr says:
    June 25, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    Oh, good one! I love those websites 🙂

  4. Trisha Saha says:
    June 25, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    lol…that’s funny…thanks for sharing!

  5. Cath Ennis says:
    June 26, 2009 at 12:15 am

    LOL@Brian.
    Parisian conveniences are bad enough, I’m having a hard time imagining their inconveniences.

  6. Sabbi Lall says:
    June 26, 2009 at 12:49 am

    Is the note from the “Society for the exploitation of the Eiffel Tower” or am I an even worse translator?

  7. Cath Ennis says:
    June 26, 2009 at 1:10 am

    I don’t know what the exact translation would be, but that’s a nice image!
    Towers of the world, unite!

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