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Spanglish or Spangrish: CRACK

September 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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.

Categories: Ecuador · humor

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