Yesterday I went shopping with a few friends for the day. It's always interesting to see what kind of rejects Panama gets. It is almost like they will sometimes say, "Oops, we printed this all wrong. Let's mark it for $5 and see if it will sell in Panama." Believe it or not, I found all of these shirts and the pillow at a nice, regular (not dollar) store. They make me laugh that people (who aren't native English speakers) could buy these shirts and walk around in them not necessarily knowing what they do...or don't say.

Although this is a cute pillow with good colors and cute owls on it, the "Sample text here" makes it a great example of the rejects that are for sale here! I can just see an unsuspecting, non-English speaking Panamanian buying this pillow and putting it on their bed, thinking it's the cutest thing ever! Perhaps someday they will google what "Sample text here" means and find out exactly what the pillow says that they know own. Seeing things like this always reminds me of people who tattoo random Chinese words on themselves. Ha.

The shirts I see on people at times are also comical. Like the man I saw wearing a shirt that said something about this "cheer beauty" turning into a beast. Or the little girl who had on a shirt that said, "You be my glass of wine and I'll be your shot of whiskey." I found a maternity shirt for sale once with a picture of a baby stroller and baby on it that also said, "Enter text here." Another time, there was a girl with the marijuana leaf shirt at church and another churchgoer with "100% Real" on the front of hers. I get it. When you are getting clothes in another language, you may not necessarily know what they mean and just having a fitting, clean shirt is nice! It just makes me chuckle to myself sometimes.

These shirts I found yesterday at the Target equivalent here in Panama called Conway. The prices on the shirts ranged from $5-8. Had they been $1, I totally would have bought one! I just wonder if these were printed in error or if there was a mix up with the person in charge of choosing an English phrase to print. They say "DON'T LET ME extra lover," "Happen," "DO YOU nothing without," and "VANITY FAIR Thank You My Good Friend." They still make me laugh! I found another that I forgot to take a picture of that said, "Lemon Soul." The tshirt itself was so cute, but I just didn't understand the saying on it. You're sour?

When I see items like this, I always say to myself that it was "lost in translation."

Have you seen any type of shirts like this that made no sense in the intended language?

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