Tag Archives: T-shirt

Asian T-Shirts: New York, a Small New Jersey Suburb

An auspicious walk through a clothing store in Medan, Indonesia briefly left me nostalgic for the New York City subway.   Nostalgic not to take a ride on it, oh no, but to compare the system map with that of a weird … Continue reading

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Asian T-Shirts: And That’s Why I Wear Headphones

Amusing spelling errors notwithstanding, this is a t-shirt I truly regret not buying.  Which is to say, nearly every “Asia” t-shirt that I write about on here is not in my closet.  Instead, they’re likely being shown off by Tibetan … Continue reading

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Zoologically Challenged

There’s a fair amount of disturbing t-shirts over in China.  The next time you’re interested in visiting Sichuan (or 四川, or Szechuan for those restaurant-Chinese linguists) province specifically to scope out and hold a panda, remember, the owners of that facility … Continue reading

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Great Britain’t: Chinese T-shirts, 2nd Round

Y’all are lucky today.  One clothing store in the Baishizhou (白石洲) section of Shenzhen, China provided me with the one on the right, and my friend the other “Union Abdullah.”  You know, I first started noticing the incomprehensible script and … Continue reading

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They came, they saw

I’ve known about Engrish.com since their formative years, and still contend that the best stuff comes from Japan…that is, if we’re not talking about what can be found on t-shirts.  Subsequent voyages to China and Indonesia have opened up a … Continue reading

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