Stuck in traffic, road rage is burning,
and nothing on the radio except traffic reports on the latest accident caused by cell phone use/eating while
driving/putting on make-up/shaving/driving with one’s feet?
Well, open your glove box and take out
your car owner’s manual. That’s right. Jil McIntosh read fifty-two weeks worth of them and press releases and
found some choice gems of mistranslations or “reinterpretations” of the English language.
Examples include:
(For the Nissan X-Trail (pictured)): “Be careful not to stumble or not to
hook anything while they are being used. An unexpected accident may occur.“
(For the Hummer):
“If you put papers, pins or other flammable items in the ashtray, hot cigarettes could ignite
them.”
More at the link.