To all the frequent visitors to engrish.com (myself included), here is some much-needed counter-perspective. An Asian-American has set up a site that documents Westerners' misuse of Chinese characters (hanzi or kanji): www.hanzismatter.com . The site is only a few months ago, and it's all in blog format.
According to the webmaster in his first blog entry, "I have been a fan of the website, Engrish, for years. To my surprise, there is virtually no website existent for pointing out the faults in Westerners' interest of Eastern culture, especially the usage of Hanzi, Chinese characters. As a Chinese-American, I felt it was my duty and honor to educate the public about the misusage of Chinese characters, Hanzi."
To all the open-minded individuals here, please bookmark BOTH sites on your browsers.
According to the webmaster in his first blog entry, "I have been a fan of the website, Engrish, for years. To my surprise, there is virtually no website existent for pointing out the faults in Westerners' interest of Eastern culture, especially the usage of Hanzi, Chinese characters. As a Chinese-American, I felt it was my duty and honor to educate the public about the misusage of Chinese characters, Hanzi."
To all the open-minded individuals here, please bookmark BOTH sites on your browsers.
