Fennel fry stupid eggs
Language Log 2013-04-10
Summary:
Meena Vathyam sent in this photograph from Shanghaiist:This one is very easy to solve. The sentence actually means:huíxiāng chǎo bènjī dàn 茴香炒笨鸡蛋("fried free range eggs with fennel")The translator misparsed the last part as bèn jīdàn 笨 鸡蛋 ("stupid egg") instead of the intended bènjī dàn 笨鸡 蛋 ("eggs from free range chickens").Bènjī 笨鸡 ("free [...]