Monday, November 06, 2006

行街學英文



shroff - noun
1. (in India) a banker or money-changer.
2. (in the Far East, esp. China) a native expert employed to test coins and separate the base from the genuine.

shroff office=繳費處?上網search,才知道好像是香港獨有的詞彙.



paraphernalia – noun
1. (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
2. (used with a plural verb) personal belongings.
3. (used with a singular verb) Law. the personal articles, apart from dower, reserved by law to a married woman.

香港的英語水平真的很高!(攝於粉嶺)

3 comments:

  1. 香港成日笑中國人既英文, 其實佢地d英文都唔係好得去邊, 請香港人不要那麼高傲~

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  2. 日本人的英文更好笑。

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  3. 香港公眾地方(特別是政府)設立的標語,有時用字超深奧,莫非他們覺得居港外藉人士英文程度特別高?

    另,上星期有報紙先報導過一則笑話,一間知名銀行分行因為事故休息,職員在門外貼上一張手寫的A4紙,內容很簡單:”是日休息””BANG CLOSED".....^^"

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