BEIJING--This city has launched a campaign to wipe out"Chinglish," a version of English that results in weird and wonderful--but largely incomprehensible--phrases that amuse tourists but alarmthe authorities.
The "language mandarins" of Beijing have decided Chinglish is ablight and must be obliterated before the city hosts the OlympicGames in 2008.
The targets of the campaign range from the nonsensical to thecharming. A road sign on the Avenue of Eternal Peace, for instance,advised: "To Take Notice of Safe; The Slippery are Very Crafty," awarning that the pavement was slippery.
A sign in a …
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