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  • Опубликовано: 5 янв 2025

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  • @aidanking2598
    @aidanking2598 2 года назад +311

    Go Ugly Early is actually not gibberish. It's a Richard Hammond quote from when he was explaining what he used to do at nightclubs. Rather than wait for a supermodel who will never arrive, first girl you see who seems interested, go for it. Hence; "Go Ugly Early"

    • @aidanking2598
      @aidanking2598 2 года назад +36

      I am expecting a severed hand in the mail shortly

    • @Myla.7z
      @Myla.7z 2 года назад +5

      @@aidanking2598 well i have been trying to live up to peoples expectations

    • @the_og_rubenmartin
      @the_og_rubenmartin 2 года назад +5

      Didn't work well for him in that auction though

    • @JustLimburger
      @JustLimburger 2 года назад +5

      @@the_og_rubenmartin did any of them really have good luck in the auction? Captain Slow got the opposite side and had to buy something because his "Princess" of a car didn't show up 😅

    • @the_og_rubenmartin
      @the_og_rubenmartin 2 года назад +4

      @@JustLimburger I mean, the Midget was ok, even though the clutch was on its last legs and Jezza didn't fit😂

  • @purplekusa448
    @purplekusa448 2 года назад +85

    3:54 I don't know about other countries but Chinese people really actually say "my ears will get pregnant" if you direct translate, with reference to music/sound especially voices to mean that the song/voice is so nice it's like their ears will get pregnant from it lol. I see it most often in Chinese novels where girls describe the handsome men's voice as so nice and hot/sexy it's like their "ears will get pregnant".

    • @synonym1196
      @synonym1196 2 года назад +42

      I guess the English equivalent is to say that it gave you an eargasm?

    • @purplekusa448
      @purplekusa448 2 года назад +19

      @@synonym1196 Yeah! I totally forgot about that

    • @ts3y
      @ts3y 11 месяцев назад

      dindt aks

    • @ts3y
      @ts3y 11 месяцев назад

      im nto rued

  • @President_Starscream
    @President_Starscream 2 года назад +846

    Given how notoriously bad google is at translating Japanese, I wonder if there is a Japanese equivalent to r/engrish.

  • @ConnorPugs
    @ConnorPugs 2 года назад +30

    I was really planning on riding without civility until I read that sign, dodged a bullet there!

  • @railfan_3371
    @railfan_3371 2 года назад +143

    Honestly the fact that you can more or less decipher what most of these are SUPPOSED to say proves why english is such a great language. You can misspell every word in a sentence or get your grammar completely wrong and still be able to tell more or less what's going on, meanwhile in other languages you pronounce one syllable wrong and your greeting becomes a threat to eat someone's cow.

    • @andylintott9339
      @andylintott9339 2 года назад +11

      Leave my bloody cow out of this! "Your greeting becomes" indeed! Just rude!

    • @malaquiasalfaro81
      @malaquiasalfaro81 2 года назад +7

      Yup. Hmong is tonal and with 7 different tones, very easy to say something wrong. And those tones are PER WORD. 5 word sentence 5x7? I think? Idk my exponentials lol but there’s a ton of ways to mess up

    • @simpilotadamt1012
      @simpilotadamt1012 2 года назад +6

      r/SuspiciouslySpecific (yes ik r/IHaveReddit)

    • @ensemble3647
      @ensemble3647 2 года назад

      @@malaquiasalfaro81 oww

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff Год назад +6

      That's not exclusive to English

  • @Watchmanskey
    @Watchmanskey 2 года назад +20

    7:50 It's an Indonesian proverb
    "Afraid to ask, get lost in the road"
    If you're afraid to ask questions, you won't know what to do

    • @rekardo3
      @rekardo3 2 года назад +3

      Ey, you just comment what I was thinking

    • @kenny456100
      @kenny456100 2 года назад +3

      It is indeed a wisdom we all need to learn. Always ask if you don't know.

  • @meisstupid1831
    @meisstupid1831 2 года назад +141

    the best thing about being multilingual is about knowing both languages and laughing at how bad the translation is

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 2 года назад +3

      The best thing about knowing only English is that, you can (semi, properly) use punctuation and grammar!

    • @AccSwtch50
      @AccSwtch50 2 года назад +9

      @@jwalster9412 I don't think they are mutually exclusive.

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 2 года назад +1

      @@AccSwtch50 i spend way to much time writing comments..

    • @AccSwtch50
      @AccSwtch50 2 года назад +6

      @@jwalster9412 *too

    • @R.K_Chalkboard
      @R.K_Chalkboard 2 года назад +1

      @@AccSwtch50 The best thing about knowing only English is that, you can (semi, properly) use punctuation and grammar!

  • @McPilch
    @McPilch 2 года назад +8

    "Do not sh*t in the air like a God"
    Not sure what the God part is implying.. but "sh*t in the air" is the best phrase for a fart I've ever heard!

  • @deviation43
    @deviation43 2 года назад +144

    This narrator might just be my favorite, I love all of them a lot and equally but this narrators voices that they do is just too funny to me, lovely work EmKay!!❤

    • @ItsJesanime
      @ItsJesanime 2 года назад +9

      + Damien

    • @Longingtobesomeone
      @Longingtobesomeone 2 года назад +11

      This is Jack and he has his own channel too, if you want more videos from him. I think his channel's name is Jay Mick, it might be in the description.

    • @deviation43
      @deviation43 2 года назад +6

      @@Longingtobesomeone yeah I watched a few of his videos but my favorites are his EmKay ones, all tho in the description of this video, they say that the narrator is Robin lol

  • @demiaries5981
    @demiaries5981 2 года назад +34

    I find it sad that the art pieces don't get the love they used to. This weeks video, there have been a few uploads where when the art pops up, it just gives credit to the artist without actually showing the art, much like in this video. I also noticed that earlier this week, with two, if not three of the uploads that they used the same piece of fan art when normally they try giving credit to different artist each video.
    That aside, the content in this video was wonderful and Jack was brilliant as always! Never not gunna be a fan of when he randomly breaks out in song! ♡

  • @_-_-Sipita-_-_
    @_-_-Sipita-_-_ 2 года назад +13

    8:17 that's a Tboi reference, he found 18 golden chests (somehow) and had no keys to open them. He went to the shop using a card, bombed the secret and supersecret rooms, saying that there was just a shyt in the supersecret room is because it has layouts where sometimes there is a black poop in the middle of the room and nothing else.
    At the end he went to next floor (rip 18 chests) and the first room he clears, he gets a golden key, which could be able to open al 18 chests, but it was too late.

    • @joelhoon1707
      @joelhoon1707 2 года назад

      That person certainly sounded like he wanted to become back his money.

  • @chaosdev7948
    @chaosdev7948 2 года назад +20

    Me : i will sleep after 5 mins later
    Me after seeing EmKay for 2 hours straight : dang a new upload

  • @outcast4087
    @outcast4087 2 года назад +13

    9:40 it's actually a trip pillow, I used to have one back in the day. It's supposed to be used during long car trips when sitting in a passenger seat to make your sleep more comfortable. Though it wasn't that comfortable for me.

  • @zBrainlezz
    @zBrainlezz 2 года назад +4

    For some reason "do not s#@t in the air like a god" always gets me 😂

  • @ONE-vt1fz
    @ONE-vt1fz 2 года назад +24

    The thing that stresses me most as a writer is seeing the title and not seeing the issue with it

    • @AstralArbourSystem
      @AstralArbourSystem 2 года назад

      I don't think there is one???

    • @emptyallen3334
      @emptyallen3334 2 года назад

      @@AstralArbourSystem fragment (consider revising)

    • @AstralArbourSystem
      @AstralArbourSystem 2 года назад

      @@emptyallen3334 huh?

    • @grants7390
      @grants7390 7 месяцев назад

      I even put it into A grammar checker, And the only thing wrong is that it's missing A comma.

  • @EllpaFox47
    @EllpaFox47 3 месяца назад +1

    2:05 “The knowledge. It fills me! It is neat.”

  • @galaxybrain_658
    @galaxybrain_658 2 года назад +9

    I have been living in fear since I heard the phrase “tooth crevice girl”. I nearly said I’m sorry when I brushed my teeth. As if I was gonna hurt the demonic tooth fairy that lives in peoples mouths. What is wrong with me

  • @rosaceae5795
    @rosaceae5795 2 года назад +9

    10:34 is not a mistranslation at all and a common way of advertising slippers nowadays in China. It was actually why I bought a pair of slippers. If it had just been “soft”, I would have ignored it. It was the “poop” part that got me curious and made me click into the listing.

  • @Salicat99
    @Salicat99 2 года назад +12

    I was feeling kinda blah before this video and now I am happy, thanks Jack!

    • @Blahalel
      @Blahalel 2 года назад

      why were you feeling kinda me :(

    • @Salicat99
      @Salicat99 2 года назад

      @@Blahalel Just one of those days and I am sick too.

  • @cardinalhamneggs5253
    @cardinalhamneggs5253 2 года назад +12

    05:52
    It's "Spider-Man" spelled with Japanese phonetics. I'm not even kidding.

  • @R.K_Chalkboard
    @R.K_Chalkboard 2 года назад +1

    7:48 What that actually translates to is if you're shy, you'll get lost. Not sure where they got pervert from.

  • @ReccquiemBST
    @ReccquiemBST 2 года назад +5

    6:24 Translation: We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than having the right to consume wealth without producing it.

  • @alexiseuphoria7555
    @alexiseuphoria7555 2 года назад +10

    The evil saloon for men sign is actually supposed to say hair salon for men lol

  • @tadeogomez7303
    @tadeogomez7303 2 года назад +4

    8:01
    This one's about The Binding of Isaac. The part about the super secret room only a poop is, indeed, something that can happen. Just one shit in the middle of the room, nothing else.

  • @darkbird25126
    @darkbird25126 2 года назад +2

    Cracked open a fortune cookie once and pulled out a slip of paper that read 'Be patient! The Great Wall didn't got build in one day' and now I so desperately wish I had a picture of it.

  • @ZenTerra-N.O.V.A
    @ZenTerra-N.O.V.A 2 года назад +2

    I like how other countries are clueless placing inappropriate words on their signs.

  • @Graytail
    @Graytail 2 года назад +3

    01:48 it gets worse, 'Saytay beef pot even bacteria' is a few items down.
    And have you tried the 'Jiangcong burst chicken pot' or 'Tofu pot belly fire'?
    I cant even hazard a guess as to what goes into 'Fuller, a product pot'

    • @fizicarka3546
      @fizicarka3546 2 года назад +1

      Ask Fuller McCallister (or his bed) what goes inside

  • @randominternetguy3537
    @randominternetguy3537 2 года назад +12

    0:35 they didn't translate it that wrong... It literally says "saloon Eifel for men" they might have even pronounced it "evil".

    • @mariogirl8100
      @mariogirl8100 Год назад

      HEY GUYS, I FOUND OUT WHERE SEPHIROTH IS HIDING!

  • @CreepersNeedHugs
    @CreepersNeedHugs 2 года назад +3

    4:30 Spider-Man + Pokémon = Spider-mon

  • @ThePipofDespair
    @ThePipofDespair 2 года назад +3

    The way he said "spounges" made me laugh SO hard and I don't know why-

  • @cycrothelargeplanet
    @cycrothelargeplanet 2 года назад +2

    1:30
    Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and fucking died

  • @Atellas
    @Atellas 2 года назад +2

    Fun Fact: this video is currently listed as one of the 836 Robin-Narrated Videos. This is, of course, because Robin is the one narrating this video. Yep. Definitely. Definitely Robin.

  • @tryhardr2658
    @tryhardr2658 2 года назад +5

    3:26 This is an actual slang in Hong Kong. When we say someone‘s makeup is like a monkey‘s ass, it means someone‘s wearing way too much makeup which makes them look bad.

    • @kenny456100
      @kenny456100 2 года назад

      Yeah, you know, some monkeys can have a big red butt

  • @loserlane
    @loserlane 2 года назад +1

    “your ears will get pregnant” ok but where’s the engRish? that’s fully intentional

  • @traprabbit6314
    @traprabbit6314 2 года назад +1

    thanks for helping me fall asleeps for the past two years and a half luv the chanel

  • @tworsfeline2302
    @tworsfeline2302 2 года назад +2

    Me, wondering how "due to the situation" is incorrect grammar:

  • @yaysuu
    @yaysuu 2 года назад +6

    the arabic text for the evil saloon for men DOES in fact mean evil saloon, but they used a arabic word that is pronounced like the english word evil rather than the arabic word itself

  • @Ilovewashers
    @Ilovewashers 2 года назад +1

    "Your ears will get Pregnant" LMAO!

  • @Arctic204
    @Arctic204 2 года назад +32

    I rank EmKay’s channel 100/100

  • @WisteriAvis
    @WisteriAvis 2 года назад

    3:22 It is a common decoration/souvenir in Hong Kong. The design imitates a road sign, and the English part is meant to be grammatically incorrect and slightly different from the Chinese part.

  • @littlescamander
    @littlescamander Год назад

    "When you realize you are of 20"
    *sitting on the toilet* "OH MY GOD, I'M AN ADULT!!!"

  • @someguy19
    @someguy19 2 года назад

    r/Engrish feels like r/ihadastroke and r/mildlyinfuriating combined together.

  • @zacharywindover9840
    @zacharywindover9840 2 года назад +2

    2:30 No! Dog no die! Dog forever immoral! Dog forever in our hearts.

  • @geckae42069
    @geckae42069 2 года назад +2

    after spending much of my day visiting chinese websites while looking for cosplays, this all just seems like normal english to me

  • @ARCtheCartoonMaster
    @ARCtheCartoonMaster 5 месяцев назад

    I love how the example in the thumbnail is basically the opposite of what we typically associate with this sub - it's actually perfectly grammatical and spelled properly, but it's just *a tad* formal compared to how most native English speakers would say it, as is common for non-native speakers.

  • @NateS917
    @NateS917 2 года назад

    These r/Engrish videos are basically YGS but actually somehow more consistently uploaded

  • @xMJDaltonx
    @xMJDaltonx Год назад

    7:59 I didn't expect Rammstein to show up in this video, but hey, now I'm ear-wormed with Du Hast... thanks editor x

  • @TheDumbestBeing
    @TheDumbestBeing 2 года назад

    me: watches emkay to let my theorist brain rest
    2:08 :

  • @samisamu4579
    @samisamu4579 2 года назад +2

    Rammstein for 2s > immediate subscription 😁

  • @floppy8568
    @floppy8568 2 года назад

    0:30 "posted by u/Klover_The_Cat"
    u/AkiraThX0026: "That is art!"

  • @falcie7743
    @falcie7743 2 года назад +1

    Boruto is always getting made fun of, since his dad eats so much food. Him naming his son burrito is a running joke.

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 2 года назад +2

    3:37 I own one of those -- and I got it _because_ the weird tagline made me laugh so hard (and it had good reviews).
    Turns out the product actually works fairly well, at least as a Bluetooth-to-FM Radio transmitter.

  • @Da_ni_el_le
    @Da_ni_el_le 2 года назад

    One time, I saw a comment on a TD video that was in French. It literally translated to: “Courtney Gwen is best girlfriends forever”.

  • @QuinZcoco
    @QuinZcoco 2 года назад +2

    2:08
    Look they collaborated with the guy from film theory 💀

    • @RmationYT
      @RmationYT Год назад +1

      I thought the same

  • @cyberdj6663
    @cyberdj6663 2 года назад

    Jack never fails to make me burst out laughing so hard literally in every minute he's talking

  • @Its-pronounced-ay-zaer-e
    @Its-pronounced-ay-zaer-e 2 года назад +4

    Man, I’m feeling like getting some *Lily & bacteria beef pot* today

  • @MadotsukiGaming
    @MadotsukiGaming 2 года назад +2

    Probably the funniest videos here, I require more.

  • @saddendtone
    @saddendtone 2 года назад

    Im watching this and slowly figuring out that I belong on r/engrish at times with how much I mispell stuff when happy and writing fast without a single care on fixing it.

  • @jamesslick4790
    @jamesslick4790 Год назад

    "Demon Donkey" is a good name for a band.

  • @Ryan_Not_Reeyan
    @Ryan_Not_Reeyan 2 года назад

    3:32 it actually makes sense. It means “The clothing’s fashionable and classy but the make ups are trash.”
    “An ass of a monkey” is a straightforward translation of 馬騮屎忽

  • @Ballduck-6a11duck
    @Ballduck-6a11duck 2 года назад +3

    2:21 five amazing facts about

  • @ummtulip
    @ummtulip 2 года назад +1

    0:38 I get so excited when I see my own language!
    صالون إيفل للرجال means Eiffel Men’s salon

    • @adrianblake8876
      @adrianblake8876 8 месяцев назад

      Wouldn't "Eiffel" be with the hamza above (ie, "ayfal" rather than "iifil")!?

  • @Graytail
    @Graytail 2 года назад

    07:55 Looks like this wasnt done with google translate, that offers 'Shame Asking lost on the street'

  • @Dark_Matt3rK1tt3n
    @Dark_Matt3rK1tt3n 2 года назад +1

    F in the chat for poor lil humming bird

  • @edmundzhang9283
    @edmundzhang9283 2 года назад +2

    Yes, stepping on !@#$ is a "proper" advertisement. Wired, yet popular.

  • @adhammohamad3346
    @adhammohamad3346 2 года назад +2

    00:36 I think they were going for "Eiffel men saloon" but they ended up in r/engrish

  • @caitlinabbott7895
    @caitlinabbott7895 2 года назад +2

    Jack singing bits
    0:05
    2:49
    5:57
    6:38
    13:51

  • @farlonmuentes6004
    @farlonmuentes6004 2 года назад +2

    chinese and japanese are really hard to translate to english because it translates word per word. i have chinese relatives and often times i look like an idiot saying something in chinese to them because i used translator. english is already my third language and learning another one is much more difficult.

  • @fishygaming2554
    @fishygaming2554 2 года назад

    Well, the do not rock part makes sense because rocking means the action of moving something side to side.

  • @JESROFFicial-MX
    @JESROFFicial-MX 2 года назад +2

    This Subreddit Reminds me of the Google Translator
    😂

  • @gatito3000
    @gatito3000 2 года назад +3

    9:54 I'm Spanish, I may no longer exist!

  • @honeybelle1203
    @honeybelle1203 2 года назад +1

    4:03 I would kill to own one of these but also he really did say "Demon Monkey" instead of Donkey o_0

    • @nathanGC__
      @nathanGC__ 2 года назад

      **dark deception flashbacks**

  • @thatfamousnobody
    @thatfamousnobody 2 года назад

    5:02 I was really hoping they would put Mike from Jersey Shore and sure enough Emkay did not let me down 😂

  • @xnameherex8d608
    @xnameherex8d608 2 года назад

    Omg I love the knight skit reference. That was one of my favorites at boyscout campfires

  • @sanspapyrus2932
    @sanspapyrus2932 2 года назад +1

    8:00
    Is it weird i completely understood wich game they're talking about?
    (That game being The Binding of Isaac btw)

  • @xavierarqueruiz8956
    @xavierarqueruiz8956 2 года назад +1

    5 amazing facts about DOG

  • @jerrydivyaa25
    @jerrydivyaa25 2 года назад

    As for 7:42, the correct translation would be if you're too shy to ask for help, you'll get lost on your way/path

  • @deviation43
    @deviation43 2 года назад +4

    Damn, Robin sounds a bit different in this one

  • @cookieepasel2406
    @cookieepasel2406 2 года назад

    3:26 its in Cantonese(I assume), and its actually correctly translated, but it's like a Cantonese equivalent of an idiom so it doesn't make sense in other languages

  • @erikarussell1142
    @erikarussell1142 2 года назад

    The reason we invented chili and soup and stews is to turn leftovers and almost expired foods into something palatable.

  • @grimreaper4591
    @grimreaper4591 2 года назад +2

    Posted 46 seconds ago glad I got on RUclips this morning

  • @mclub0276
    @mclub0276 2 года назад

    loved that fanart

  • @TeraunceFoaloke
    @TeraunceFoaloke 2 года назад

    Well who knew Spiderman was ripping off really old Pokemon cards.

  • @randompersongames
    @randompersongames 2 года назад +1

    6:28 isn’t English, it’s formatting. It says we have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than then to consume weaith without producing it

  • @VoidDoesVideos
    @VoidDoesVideos 2 года назад +1

    how fast i walk to class:🚶‍♀️
    how fast i click the notification when EmKay posts:🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

  • @AmartharDrakestone
    @AmartharDrakestone 2 года назад +2

    4:08 - Is it weird that I recognized the description of the Neo Genesis set for Pokemon TCG in this butchered mess?

  • @fengshi2507
    @fengshi2507 2 года назад

    7:40 the real meaning of that is if shy to ask, you will get lost in the road. yeah the one who translate it are clearly not using google translate and jack the pronunciation of Bahasa language is pretty good I should say.

  • @Amanda-zn7ox
    @Amanda-zn7ox 2 года назад +2

    12:55 I'm not entirely sure, but I think this is referring to a beauty blender, and some are roughly egg-shaped.

  • @iris_drawssandwiches
    @iris_drawssandwiches 2 года назад +2

    11:35 They are trying to keep it PG-13 so they couldn't have the 2nd [F-WORD].
    also seems like they forgot that 3rd [F-WORD].

  • @Rissoe_Really
    @Rissoe_Really 2 года назад

    8:01 reminds me of terraria, but then the secret shop part comes and my brain just dies

  • @lambouwu891
    @lambouwu891 2 года назад

    POV: you’re half asleep with the news Channel on as background noise

  • @NightcoreSkies
    @NightcoreSkies 2 года назад

    3:29 saw them at a shop in Wan Chai lol

  • @thebestgreattusk1996
    @thebestgreattusk1996 2 года назад +1

    7:49 the fact that this is wrong by Indonesian (and possibly Malaysian) language standard makes it even more funnier

    • @AK45W
      @AK45W 2 года назад

      I feel like the Indonesian/Malaysian(?) Is fine, because that's a proverb but the translation tho... That's something else

    • @fengshi2507
      @fengshi2507 2 года назад

      yeah it's funny

  • @chuuyuz
    @chuuyuz 2 года назад

    0:40 they actually meant eiffel 😭😭 i didnt realize until i read it in arabic (above it)

  • @goldngamer1365
    @goldngamer1365 2 года назад

    2:08 I can't look at that guy without thinking of Game theory.

  • @juanix9948
    @juanix9948 2 года назад +1

    8:00
    idk why but i know EXACTLY what this dude is talking about lmao
    (it's the binding of isaac, and i feel the same pain)

  • @viperine562
    @viperine562 2 года назад

    8:11 this actually makes sense to someone who has played the game I believe they are referring to (the binding of isaac)

  • @Max_the_rando
    @Max_the_rando 2 года назад +1

    ok, but like, why tf did he literally turn into deku and all might. 2:00

  • @SilvioJ
    @SilvioJ 11 месяцев назад

    These make my day and make me feel the smarters.😂

  • @StrickerRei-Chn
    @StrickerRei-Chn 2 года назад

    3:55 I mean, I heard a Chinese guy once said that when describing an old NES game from Japan that has an extremely good in-game 8-bit bgm...