This is the best misuse of English I’ve found in Ecuador so far. It was so good it reminded me of all the Engrish in China.
One of my students’ t-shirts was black, but it said “CRACK” in big white all-caps on the front. On the back in odd configurations were the following phrases: “What’s are you doing?” “Absolutely not” “ONLY THIS TIME” “Don’t tell me abouti” “You’ll be ok” “NOTHING SPECIAL” and “CAST”…
Perhaps a mangled reference to the crack rock? My real question is why my student would buy this shirt. She’s in the highest grammar level we have at our school, and she’s a good student. She should know it sounds ridiculous.




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