Eastern European Engrish
Het menu van een restaurant in Polen: Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up the country people's fashion.
In een Tsjechisch VVV-kantoor: Take one of our horse-driven city tours we guarantee no miscarriages.
Bij een dierentuin in Boedapest: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.
Op de deur van een hotelkamer in Moskou: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.
In de lobby van een hotel in Moskou: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday.
In een Russische krant: There will be a Moscow Exhibition of Arts by 15,000 Soviet Republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the past two years.
In de lift van een hotel in Belgrado: To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.
In een hotel in Kroatië: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.
In een hotel in Boekarest: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
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"De kracht van een beschaving ligt niet in het vermogen oorlogen te voeren, maar in het vermogen deze te voorkomen.
The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.
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