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Default Eating at Mexican restaurants

On Mar 7, 1:24*pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 06:40:42 -0800 (PST), Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> > On Mar 7, 7:49*am, notbob > wrote:
> >> On 2009-03-07, cshenk > wrote:

>
> >>> Grin, they have one here and they arent illegals. *Just 'english challanged'
> >>> but comes with pictures and the manager speaks perfect english.

>
> > I suspect that many of the local Chinese take out joints deliberately
> > misspell, omit articles and screw up subject verb agreement on their
> > menus in order to seem more authentic.

>
> this is just about the stupidest thing i've ever heard.


I shop at Chinese grocery stores and eat at restaurants that cater
mostly to Asians. I never see that kind of botched English there, but
only at the takeout, fried rice/chop suey places.
>
> blake


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