26 Engrish sentences

Here's a funny post from my facebook.

So as I have been studying Korean, an invaluable tool has been www.naver.com's Translation Tool. I've learned so many words from using that website.

It's so easy to learn new words because they have "example sentences" so you can see real examples where the words are employed.

For example, 소용, 이용 and 사용 all mean "use" and I never understood how to use them. But after reading the example sentences on naver, I could learn which situations to use each verb in, because each sentence is written in Korean and English.

Usually the example sentences are spot on and taken from English-language publications. The problem is, some of these "example sentences" are written by non-native English speakers who may or may not understand the situations in which some of these phrases are used. They end up using all kinds of crazy expressions, many of which I (and probably you) have never heard of before. While it's lucky for me that Korean people have written all the example sentences (it helps me understand the Korean sentences) I feel bad for the Korean students learning and memorizing these sentences to try to understand idioms and figures of speech that are either rare, outdated or just plain meaningless.

So over time I started saving all these horrible examples of English so I could share them with you. They can sound awkward, strange, or just plain crazy.

And for my Korean friends, I'm not making fun of Korean people. I can totally understand why the people at YBM thought these would be helpful, but it's just funny how ridiculous some of these sentences sound to native speakers. Kind of like when foreigners speak Korean and say something like 재미 하자 나는 준비예요. And if you ever use Naver translation, be careful with the YBM 예문.

26. I lost the manual of new radio.

25. The girl peaked and pined after breaking up with her love one.

24. An merchant ship should get a trip for its own good.

23. He loaded the dice in order to win.

22. He would visit me once and away.

21. Will you do them the honor of receiving a prize?

20. He could punish the bad guys from strength.

19. By not worrying out, he actually made the problem worse.

18. Yell at the top of your bent.

17. Stand bolt upright when you talk to me.

16. The herd of wild cattle treaded under foot the man to death.

15. The lovers played night baseball in the room.

14. The issue of SOFA improvement fell between two stools.

13. How about we cry quits now?

12. My mom frets her guts whenever I am out.

11. They put out in a small boat without spare.

10. He feathered his nest in order to buy PSP.

9. Jack and Jill used to find quarrel in a straw.

8. King rose on refuge way under covert to knights.

7. His gesture wasn't necessary and it would have made people doubts of giving umbrage to others.

6. He jerked off his feet and dragged backward.

5. He is so stupid that he is the dog it was that died.

4. The lovers kissed each other within four walls.

3. I thought that I had to be Caucasian to ever see the light of day.

2. She came home to her bosom to punish her son in the morning.

1. I felt like having an intercourse with her.