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Sure, English can be a tough language to learn, and everyone makes dumb mistakes from time to time. That being said, some errors are so hilariously bad that they deserve some time in the spotlight. And if you’re a counterfeit goods seller, you might get roasted a bit.

The ‘Poorly Translated Shirts’ social media project features the most ridiculous and funny translation fails, as found on knockoff clothing. We’ve collected some of the most facepalm-worthy errors to bring a bit of humor to your day. Keep scrolling for a good laugh and to feel better about any style or grammar mistakes you’ve made in the past.

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#1

Pink and light pink shirt with white text The Darth Face, an example of funny English t-shirts with lost in translation humor.

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Michael Largey
Community Member
11 months ago

"I am your shower curtain, Luke."

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    #2

    Funny English T-shirt with poorly translated motivational quote, part of a collection of ridiculous global translation fails.

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    Sue Denham
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    I'd be walking awary too.

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    #3

    White T-shirt with funny English text containing a ridiculous translation found in lost in translation English T-shirts worldwide.

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    Charlotte Ingle
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    This is oddly thought provoking

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    #4

    White T-shirt with funny cat faces and text humorously mistranslated, showcasing ridiculous English T-shirts found worldwide.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Cat piles are ALWAYS good. I like this one!

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    #5

    Child's navy blue dinosaur shirt with funny English translation errors, featuring a stegosaurus and measurement marks in meters.

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    roof lizard!? 😹

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    #6

    Funny English T-shirt with a black cat and humorous mistranslation about love and hugs on beige fabric.

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    Nikole
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Withcraft!

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    #7

    White T-shirt with three embroidered cats and funny English text showing a ridiculous translation fail.

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    Nikole
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    I really like this one

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    #8

    Gray T-shirt with funny poorly translated English text saying yes/no and remember what should and farget what.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    11 months ago (edited)

    "farget" - what you do with something so far back in your memory that it's hard to get a hold of it. (In honor of Rich Hall's sniglets.)

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    #9

    Black t-shirt with a funny poorly translated English phrase, an example of ridiculous English T-shirts worldwide.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    It's hard some days, I'll admit it.

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    #10

    Beige shirt with bold black text saying your destiny lies ahead not refund, a funny English t-shirt with translation errors.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    How about at least a gift receipt?

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    #11

    Funny English T-shirt with cute dessert illustrations and humorous lost in translation text design.

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    Emilu
    Community Member
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    11 months ago

    I would wear this just because it's so hilariously nonsensical.

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    #12

    Beige tote bag with a humorous English phrase showing a funny translation error in global funny English t-shirts.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Well, I'll be a ...

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    #13

    Person wearing a motorcycle helmet and a blue funny English T-shirt with a poorly translated message on a busy street.

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    Emilu
    Community Member
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    11 months ago

    Only what? The suspense! The antici.........

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    #14

    Funny English t-shirt with a humorous and poorly translated phrase displayed on beige fabric.

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    Jane Doe-Doe
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Yes I agree

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    #15

    Yellow t-shirt with cartoon ducks and funny mistranslated phrases, showcasing ridiculous and funny English t-shirts worldwide.

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    Emilu
    Community Member
    Premium
    11 months ago

    Bullsh‍it. Everyone needs at least 1.5 ducks.

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    #16

    Light green shirt with a funny lost in translation English quote mistakenly attributed to Vincent Van Gogh.

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    Pamina
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Oh, that Van Cogh!

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    #17

    Funny English T-shirt with a misspelled phrase I love my chotolate and a dog face design on fabric.

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    Jane Doe-Doe
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    I also love chotolate

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    #18

    Beige T-shirt with a funny English phrase and patchwork design, illustrating lost in translation humorous t-shirts worldwide.

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    Charlotte Ingle
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Did the punks do blue plaid? I remember be black and red

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    #19

    Purple funny English t-shirt with a humorous translation error about respect and being disrespected.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Aside from two misspellings, this is a shirt I can get behind!

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    #20

    Green t-shirt with a pineapple graphic and the misspelled word pineappie showcasing funny English t-shirts worldwide.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Sounds like an infant needing changed. Pie-nappy.

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    #21

    White hoodie with a poorly translated English t-shirt design featuring a red heart and the text Eat more Air.

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    Rosecrucian Roeth
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    I tried that once.....................passed gas for a week after:)

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    #22

    Yellow and white tie-dye shirt with funny English text humor from lost in translation T-shirts worldwide.

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    BlahBlobLa
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    And don't give up giving up

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    #23

    Funny English T-shirt with poorly translated text saying "I don Know what I want but I want it so" visible on a brown jacket.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    11 months ago (edited)

    I know what I want. 🎼 I want it all, and I want it now! 🎶

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    #24

    Funny English T-shirt with misspelled words found worldwide, showcasing lost in translation humor on a red shirt.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Spell checker is in progress?

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    #25

    Funny English t-shirt with a poorly translated phrase about risks and getting paid, showcasing translation errors worldwide.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    "Help! I'm trapped in a sweatshirt sweatshop!"

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    #26

    White floral English T-shirt with funny mistranslation text about summer and watermelon, showcasing lost in translation humor.

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    I'd love myself some Wafermelon!

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    #27

    Yellow T-shirt with poorly translated English text and decorative pocket design, showcasing funny English T-shirts worldwide.

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    Rosecrucian Roeth
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    I am I said....I am said I; and no one heard at all, not even a sigh!

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    #28

    White T-shirt with a funny and poorly translated phrase embroidered as laugh out loud of life across the front.

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    Val
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    LOLOL?

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    #29

    Yellow English T-shirt with a funny translation error that reads borron instead of borrow in a kiss request.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Boron is not nice to kiss. So I'm told....

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    #30

    Black t-shirt with funny poorly translated English text highlighting lost in translation on clothing worldwide.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    I never missed the obey...

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    #31

    Funny English t-shirt with poorly translated text featuring large green letters and a confusing phrase on a white background.

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    Pamina
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Uhh... what then?

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    #32

    Pink T-shirt with a funny poorly translated phrase and a quirky skull graphic, showcasing ridiculous English translations.

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Corporate version of "Good luck on your new job" ? ✂

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    #33

    Brown funny English T-shirt with poorly translated text "Game the Over A New Game Begins" showing translation errors.

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    "..from the orbit" 👽

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    #34

    Pink T-shirt with text some people playing negative space surrounded by pearl beads in a heart shape, funny English T-shirts.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Yeah, I think that was Reed Richards.

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    #35

    Black shirt with poorly translated English text humorously printed across the front, showcasing funny English t-shirts worldwide.

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    the one that made the most sense? "Stop worrying, live in the moment"

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    #36

    Red shirt with a funny English T-shirt design featuring a cartoon bear and the words coming are you, showcasing lost in translation humor.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    11 months ago (edited)

    Yoda, he is!

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    #37

    Light pink t-shirt with a funny English phrase featuring poor translation and spelling errors.

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    Pamina
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Ok then, I will wake you up when you're fasmous

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    #38

    Brown shirt with a quirky graphic and funny English text be happy be smile, showcasing ridiculous translation humor worldwide.

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    Rali Meyer
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    that's a bear kissing a heart! Or is it an old hat?

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    #39

    Light green T-shirt with humorous English text, an example of funny English T-shirts found worldwide translation errors.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Sometimes, I really hope so!

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    #40

    Purple T-shirt with funny English text featuring a poorly translated phrase in a vertical design, showcasing translation humor.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Hey Juke.

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    #41

    Funny English t-shirt with a poorly translated message reading "That's all my smile sweet games over time be mess"

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    Doug Moyer
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Time be mess, for sure!

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    #42

    Funny English T-shirt with a misspelled phrase about facial cues and reading, among other printed garments.

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    Emilu
    Community Member
    Premium
    11 months ago

    That amazing Panda that posted her beading work in one of the user submission posts needs this top.

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    #43

    Black T-shirt with poorly translated English text reading Bo-Bell accidentally fell into the water lessons, a funny translation error.

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    Emilu
    Community Member
    Premium
    11 months ago

    Well, hopefully you were successful with those water lessons if you fell in... 🤷🏽‍♀️

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    #44

    Pink t-shirt with funny and poorly translated English text about staying awake and bears moving in dens.

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    Mike L
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Someone watched a Nat Geo documentary about hibernating bears.

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    #45

    Tan t-shirt with black text saying "ART IS OVER! IF YOU WANT IT," showcasing funny English translation on a shirt worldwide.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    That's something my Dada told me.

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    #46

    Close-up of a white funny English T-shirt with a poor translation reading Be your heat self and choice text.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    FLAME ON!

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    #47

    Embroidered geometric deer head on fabric with a funny poorly translated English phrase about truffles.

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    Emilu
    Community Member
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    11 months ago

    "Truffles. Ingredients: Truffles - 99%, bullsh‍it - 1%. Warning - may contain truffles."

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    #48

    Pink sleeveless shirt with a funny English translation about cows milk and a smiling bunny face, funny English T-shirts worldwide.

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    Sheena Leversedge Wood
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    probably a vegan t shirt meant to say milk is for cows.

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    #49

    Funny English T-shirt with a cartoon bear and a humorous, poorly translated motivational quote on a white fabric.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    How can you have unexpected surprises when everything can be expected? Enquiring minds want to know!

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    #50

    Funny English T-shirt with poorly translated text saying We Stop Hate We Stop and cartoon characters on pink fabric.

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    Maggie Fulton
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Are those…Charlie Brown and Lucy from Peanuts? Sort of?

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    #51

    Mannequin wearing a white funny English t-shirt with poorly translated text in a store window display.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Looks like a French - Welsh - Finnish hybrid.

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    #52

    Funny English t-shirt with a confusing message found in a lost in translation design worldwide.

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    Emilu
    Community Member
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    11 months ago

    It sounds like it's trying to be a haiku but failing because it isn't one.

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    #53

    Pink book cover with the phrase living ehglish language foreign displaying funny English translation errors worldwide.

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    Mike L
    Community Member
    11 months ago (edited)

    I've taught ESL, IELTS, TOEFL for over 15 years in China, The Philippines and later Vietnam. The Korean language schools buy six or so copies of original books. then they send them to a book printer that disassembles them, scans them for a digital version, then mass produce pirated copies. Many times the pages are out of order. Also, even the work from the original books are 15% to 25% incorrect

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    #54

    T-shirt with a funny poorly translated English phrase a boy never gets nature, showcasing ridiculous translation errors worldwide.

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    Peripheral Visionary
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    They never do.

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    #55

    White T-shirt with a funny and poorly translated English phrase about moms, showcasing ridiculous translation errors worldwide.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    ... Who indeed?

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    #56

    Black English T-shirt with a funny mistranslated phrase displayed, showcasing ridiculous and funny English T-shirts worldwide.

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    General Anaesthesia
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Another bone of conten tione.

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    #57

    Funny English t-shirt with awkward translation saying you are enough and you are one of a lucky girl.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Awww! Who's a cute little chestbuster worm!

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    #58

    Yellow shirt with poorly translated English text and cartoon carrots, showcasing funny and ridiculous English T-shirts found worldwide.

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    #59

    Funny English T-shirt with a poorly translated motivational quote featuring the brand name Gucci on pink fabric.

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Aight.

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    #60

    Light blue hoodie with a funny poorly translated English phrase about the greatest basketball player ever.

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    Sparky
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Shack? Mical Ordon?

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    #61

    Black shirt with a distorted logo and funny English text reading NEW YOR KO ANKES, showcasing ridiculous English T-shirts worldwide.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Go Ankes!

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    #62

    Beige t-shirt with funny English text skater dino and a quirky happiness message, showing lost in translation humor.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Absolutely! I'm not certain about the skating dinosaur, but whatever...

    #63

    Funny English T-shirt with a confusing love message and multiple translation errors printed on an orange fabric.

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    Trip Martin
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    I'll just have a good day and move on thx

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    #64

    White t-shirt with a funny English translation error saying "Whatever is worth doning is worth doning well" and the word Future.

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    Sparky
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    The irony! It burns!

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    #65

    Funny English t-shirt with a misspelled phrase about comparison, showcasing lost in translation humor worldwide.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    It will helf your inner selp.

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    #66

    Funny English T-shirt with a poorly translated phrase made of rope and printed text, showcasing lost in translation humor.

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    Talis
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Seems like the shirt designer had a stroke at work. I hope that the EMT arrived in time!

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    #67

    T-shirt with funny English translation errors featuring pink flowers and a humorous phrase about a sueflomer.

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    #68

    T-shirt with funny and ridiculous English translation errors printed across the fabric worldwide.

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    Mike L
    Community Member
    11 months ago (edited)

    Bongo Incessa isn't going to sus's Christmas party. He alone.

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    #69

    Funny English t-shirt with a cartoon horse and the poorly translated phrase Zebra The Boy City on yellow fabric.

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    #70

    Woman wearing a funny English T-shirt with a checkered hat and misspelled text, showcasing ridiculous translation errors worldwide.

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    Sparky
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    I was with it up to the end of the first line.

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    #71

    Beige T-shirt with a funny English translation mistake saying "FORE MONEY NOT FEIENDS" in bold black letters.

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    Joanne Long
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Fore monety def

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    #72

    Black T-shirt with a funny and poorly translated English phrase highlighting ridiculous translation errors on shirts worldwide.

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    Rick Murray
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    So very close to being an introvert shirt: Somebody smiled at me, thank you but aaaargh! 😂

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    #73

    Funny English T-shirt with an anchor design and a quirky phrase found in a global lost in translation collection.

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    #74

    White T-shirt featuring a glass jar with flowers and a funny, poorly translated English phrase printed on it.

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    #75

    White t-shirt with funny poorly translated English text, showcasing ridiculous and humorous translation errors worldwide.

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    SueG
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    The buttons make this shirt.

    #76

    Red sweatshirt with a funny English translation phrase about peace and garden, part of a humorous English t-shirts collection.

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    Trip Martin
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    I think I heard the squirrels in my garden mentioning this.

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    #77

    Funny English T-shirt with a poorly translated motivational phrase found in a global lost in translation collection.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    System Error: backup not found...

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    #78

    White t-shirt with funny poorly translated English phrases and images of dogs dressed in quirky outfits.

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    Joanne Long
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    Second row right looks like Snoop

    #79

    Red shirt with embroidery featuring poorly translated English text about holiday and good things, funny English T-shirts worldwide.

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    #80

    Black shirt pocket with a funny English translation saying "EN JO YOUR TIME" in white text, showcasing humorous t-shirts worldwide.

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    highwaycrossingfrog
    Community Member
    11 months ago

    I'm English, and my name is Jo. This one's for me

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