Thursday, November 7, 2013

ramblings 14

...I am feeling another blog coming on....

I really get a kick out of the quirky English I encounter,  eg: the slogan on my scooter is "your any idea";  the name of a bakery: "Bread Talk";   or this large sign for a building development:
 
Say, what?...You know, the move of the Chinese country folk into the city is the biggest migration in human history.  We are talking around 100 million people here.  I thought this pic showed a nice juxtaposition of old (bamboo scaffolding) and new (pretentious, moi?) :
 

 
Yes, that front structure is someone's house.


The people living here have a BMW but it is never parked in front when I have my camera.
                                           Interesting priorities....Love the flowers, though.
                                                                Toodles, Karen

 

1 comment:

  1. Well there's a new job for you - designing catchy English phrases for Chinese advertising! I know you could have a lot of fun with that.

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