Comments on: Japanglish journeys: the 100 yen store

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:15:46 +0000

I found my perfect British bistro bear mug in a goodwill store and thought it was a souvenir from someone’s recent trip to UK. I was so surprised to see it was from Daiso. Thank you for making my day, I haven’t laughed so hard from subtle sarcasm ever!

By: Zac

Zac — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:46:19 +0000

You sir are a genius. Had i not laughed like this in many hours.

By: Philip Seyfi

Philip Seyfi — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:46:11 +0000

Fluor is also how you call it in many languages other than English… ex. German, French, Spanish etc.

By: Lloyd Vincent

Lloyd Vincent — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:19:24 +0000

@Joshua : yeah they’ve got those $2 Daiso stores in the US too. I don’t know what I’d do without them in either country. Can’t beat a $15 kitchen.

@David : Way to track down the error! Looks like “Fluor” is Latin for Fluorine.

By: David

David — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:49:27 +0000

Fluor is the first romanization given on the Japanese wikipedia page for Fluorine. Maybe that’s where they got it from.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%83%E7%B4%A0

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DailyBento » Blog Archive » Engrish: 100 yen shop in Japan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:01:42 +0000

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By: Joshua Zimmerman

Joshua Zimmerman — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:23:10 +0000

My entire kitchen is set up thanks to a 100¥ store. Its a sad sad life.

When I was in New Zealand a couple years back I came across a $2 Japan Store, which was full of 100¥ store stuff. Only it was $2. I laughed and laughed.

By: Lloyd Vincent

Lloyd Vincent — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:06:50 +0000

@August: Haven’t looked, man. Not sure I want to either… it’s hard enough to get the song out of your head without listening to it at home.

By: August

August — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:08:06 +0000

Bistro Bear’s classic. Did you manage to find the Shop 99 music CD? They sold it in a few stores.