Moon ultra parking

Open Access Now 2019-12-22

Summary:

From Tarashare: The Japanese (all in kanji) reads: tsukigime chūsha boshūchū 月極駐車募集中 "Applications sought for monthly parking (permits)" If you want to figure out how the mistranslation occurred, consider the meanings of the seven characters 1. 月 moon; month; Mon(day) 2. 極 ridgepole; ridgepiece highest position; top rank throne; seat of state highest point; top; peak […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=45480

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

12/22/2019, 18:34

Date published:

12/22/2019, 12:13