while cruising bloglines this morning, i came across nettie’s post about the knitting olympics. yes! i want to participate in the knitting olympics! so i went ahead and joined the ravelry group and gave some good thought to what i would make. what better way to get ideas than to look in my queue and my friends’ activity, right? so i noticed that in the friends area now you can filter by activity and then subscribe to the RSS feed of friends’ activity based on your filter. perfect. i subscribe and am shuttled back to bloglines.
now i’ve been sidelined to bloglines again so i give a look at my current stories and see a story on wired about teams of people that are going around beijing and fixing bad english. funny story all about fixing the rampant beijing chinglish. i see a link to the wikipedia entry on chinglish and click through. you really must see this. it’s hilarious!
but what’s even better? the final photo on the wikipedia page.
please steek gently
a warning to all knitters apparently.
wanett
You know what’s weirder than the random links that brought you to that knitterly warning, my thoughts run like that most days. Sometimes I wonder if I think in a different language. I blame the children :0)
Don’t forget to join the Knitting Olympics, Team Brooklyn!
Jul 05, 2008 @ 6:17 PM
Mintyfresh
That sign must be from Singapore–only here do they have Malay and other languages that look like that on all the signs! I asked my dad, a Chinese linguist, what it’s *supposed* to say, and we’re not much closer to figuring it out, because the Chinese says “please shut the door quietly/gently.”
Jul 05, 2008 @ 8:41 PM
Jessica
This is hilarious. There was some bizarre Chinglish all over Taiwan, too, most notable on t-shirts and clothing.
Now heading to Ravelry to filter my friend activity–thanks for the heads up!
Jul 06, 2008 @ 5:59 AM
schrodinger
I love checking out friend activity, but often forget for a week or two, then wonder what I’ve been missing. I’m going to figure out the rss feed on my Thunderbird (I gave up on Bloglines, it was getting too slow at picking up the feeds, then when they blocked it at work I decided it was time to give up the ghost – other feed readers just haven’t done it for me yet).
Jul 06, 2008 @ 11:18 AM
melissa
i for one, would only steek gently.
Jul 06, 2008 @ 4:44 PM
Craptina
Ha! Does this mean your olympic project will include steeks?
Jul 07, 2008 @ 2:12 PM
mai
i don’t think i’ll be participating in the knitting olympics this year, as i’m knitting a lot slower these days, but good luck! i also love the new ravelry rss feed feature. that last photo from the chinglish page is great. i had no idea what they were trying to say until i realized i could translate the vietnamese on the sign!
Jul 07, 2008 @ 2:14 PM
Marie
Oh that is too funny – I loved the Chinglish article!
Jul 08, 2008 @ 11:23 AM
Seanna Lea
That’s pretty odd! I use to look at the Engrish all the time (but now it is being replaced by Lolcats), because it was interesting seeing how the language was used, like an international game of Telephone.
Jul 08, 2008 @ 12:34 PM
femiknitter
I’m kind of on the fence when it comes to the knitting olympics. I should probably decide soon, right?? I can’t wait to see what you’re planning on making!
Jul 10, 2008 @ 8:05 PM