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locking the door.  to look the door, turn knob to the right (left)

Engrish photo by Frank A

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  1. halfbacked says:

    first. is this from scandinavia ore wich country

  2. Amethyst says:

    Left: The OTHER right

  3. KG says:

    THIS IS A TYPO, NOT ENGRISH, ALSO,,,,, ITS IN GERMAN!!!!
    PS U SUCK!

  4. Simperin' Fool says:

    Put your right (left) foot in (out), put your right (left) foot out (in)…

  5. MNM says:

    Fuck it’s norwegian………I’m leaving….

  6. 7CHP says:

    100% Norwegian. Snap! *embarrassed*

  7. Veronika says:

    HAHA, norsk! :p

  8. Jebus says:

    To look at the door we need to turn the nob. How do we know where to find it?

  9. Andreas says:

    haha hilarious. i can’t believe this is from norway, i thought we all knew english better than that up here :)

    • Psychedelic says:

      It’s a typo. Yawn…

      • moose says:

        really, a typo? perhaps norweigans use a different keyboard layout, but the o and c are not near each other or in similar stroke positions. not to mention ive never know a typo to make the clarity between left and right so obscure!

        • Psychedelic says:

          You should see some of the typos folks in my office come out with on Monday morning, and I live in the US…it may have been more costly in money or time to correct the typo once it had been made than it was to just leave it, or maybe someone just didn’t care they’d made it. They got “lock” right, just above “look”, so yeah, I do think it’s probably a typo…

  10. Gwill says:

    I’m confused.
    The Norwegian text reads “Twist the button towards the door frame”, which makes no sense; you don’t twist buttons, you push buttons.

  11. grapejuice says:

    haha norsk! (norwegian) LOL <3 “the other right” = left. haehaha. XD

  12. Twist the button to your right (left).

  13. faisel says:

    A: sir, which direction should i turn? right of left?

    B: left..

    A : left?

    B : right..

  14. Sal says:

    I believe this is from a restroom at a bus station in Tromsø, Norway. I remember noticing something like this a few years ago and trying to figure out just how it is possible to make this kind of mistake.

    Norwegians are usually quite good at English, but the janitorial staff of the local bus company must have flunked out of school early.

    • Frank A says:

      Nope.. It´s taken @ Sogneporten

      Witch is in Aurland. Next to the tunnel that goes to Lærdal.

      Took the picture about a year ago,

      • Sal says:

        That’s fascinating. I gotta go out to the bus station again, as I’m 99% sure there is something about turning the knob right (left) there, and if that is so, then that means somebody’s actually mass-producing these things.

      • Gakk says:

        At the mall “Nordbyen” in Larvik an exact similar sign sign is posted.

  15. Ms Norwegian says:

    This is the first time I’ve seen proper Engrish from Norwegian, and not merely words that have a different meaning. About time! :D

  16. teh_true_pwner says:

    Shit, it’s på NORSK!

  17. obligated name says:

    ahhhhh I’m confused now.

    right? no left?

  18. Jingles says:

    It’s got a nice somber tone to it, like some kind of 4/4/4(5?) haiku.

    • Psychedelic says:

      IS there a 4/4/4 haiku? Darn, this is a question a posed on another part of this site, and nobody answered!

  19. N.D. says:

    I think they have the precise same sign at the public toilets in the shopping centre Galleriet in Bergen (Norway)!!

  20. x says:

    Actually, the “right (left)” isn’t a mistake at all. And, the “button” thing could be right (wrong) (lol) because, sometimes, if you want to lock doors in Norway, you might have to use a little button thingy, which I personally think is very scary Dx

  21. Marleeklold says:

    So…to look at the door, you turn the knob left…and right? Well, okay then. *attempts* GAH! It’s..not…possible!!

  22. Bjarte R says:

    The thing is that the button turns right when you’re outside of the bathroom and then left when you’re inside. Hence right (left).

    Am I the only one seeing this?

    Proud Norwegian who has seen similar signs many times.

    • elvis21 says:

      Also, if you turn it clockwise, you turn it right on top side and left on the bottom side.
      Thats why i hate people saying “turn the volume knob right” … I know what they mean but still. You know, just to have something to hate.

    • Frank A says:

      But… There is no knob on the outside. That wold make it quite easy for people to enter the bathroom while people are using it… And that´s what the lock is there for.. Keeping proud Norwegians like you out of the toilet.

      mvh
      Ikkje så stolt nordmann

  23. Roflol says:

    Haha, nordmenn eier, men ikke alle oversettere er like gode :p
    Hawhaw, Norwegians pwn, but not all translators are just as good :p

  24. Someone. says:

    The ones above me Fail…

  25. AgeMarkus says:

    I like osteburger

  26. Sara says:

    That’s why we (Swedes) make fun of Norwegians <3

  27. Keera Cullen says:

    too look the door, open (close) eyes

  28. ev149 says:

    Turn the knob right (left).

    I loled

  29. TZer0 says:

    Double fail. There are errors in the norwegian instructions as well.

  30. So…which direction again…?


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