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Submission For WORST English Description On A Product EVER!23 Jun

Living in Davao City, Philippines, you sometimes see some poorly written English for advertising on signs, hand-outs, billboards, etc.  At first, you’re amazed with all of the errors but it kind of grows on you after a while and you don’t seem to notice it as much.  The other day, I was at Gaisano mall (G-Mall) looking for an additional power cable for my laptop.  While I was at the store, I noticed behind the glass a cleaning package for LCD screens.

Knowing that I’d neglected my screen for FAR too long, I decided to pick it up as well…especially because they are “Expert in cleaning screen”

I didn’t notice most of the text until I got it home, but had a good laugh about it.  Poor sentence structure, outrageous spelling errors, and ridiculous grammar errors abound:

Well at least I have “Guarantee period:two years” eh?  Maybe that covers my dying laptop too since I’m using their product on it?  Fat chance there…

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5 Responses to “Submission For WORST English Description On A Product EVER!”

  1. Tweets that mention Submission for WORST English description on a product EVER! | TryBPO.com Philippines Outsourcing News and Information -- Topsy.com (June 24th, 2010 at 3:14 pm) Reply

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  2. aldwin (August 20th, 2010 at 5:21 am) Reply

    LOL. was that a Chinese product?

    I can’t imagine if that came from a Filipino company…haha
    i believe filifino companies are meticulous when it comes to things like that…well, as far as i know. haha

    this is kinda funny though. :)

    btw, are you accepting applications from people who are so new in SEO stuffs? I’m interested to apply in your company. :)

  3. Philippines BPO Incorporation (September 21st, 2010 at 11:10 pm) Reply

    So many companies just use online translation sites which can be of help only if you know the language. They think that they are saving money by not using a translator and proofreader.

    I wonder what they answer to business inquiries?

  4. KS (June 15th, 2011 at 10:13 pm) Reply

    Real terrible english.

  5. Lol (July 29th, 2011 at 4:08 pm) Reply

    Lol. This is made in China.

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