March 6, 2008
BLOG: Great Moments In Manual Writing
Actual sentence from troubleshooting section of iPod player manual, suggesting possible cause of problems: "There has case by switching between standard and extended most, iPod backlight is out of control."
Among other things, I do a lot of woodworking. There is one catalog (I'll be nice and not name it) that has been selling the same sanding machine for years. I'll paraphrase what the new edition says, "We've been selling this original Taiwanese machine for years. Now Mainland Chinese replicas have come to the marketplace. Be assured of the quality difference."
This may not be new to anyone, but this site is extremely entertaining (and relevant):
www.engrish.com
I'm surprised to see something like this from image-obsessed Apple, however.