North Korea Slams Japan In Statement (Hilarious Use of English!)

North Korean Central News Agency ^ | 23 December 2002 | North Korean Central News Agency

[AmericanInTokyo]

Can you spot it? (Perhaps the Brits dont find it strange).

More yammering and snapping from 'the Democratic People's Republic of Korea'.

[DWSUWF]

If I had a faggot on my back, and I couldn't shake him, I might jump in a fire and roll around some.

That's not suicide, that's just a field expedient method for dislodging faggots on your back.

[TankerKC]

Japan's taking an active part in such dangerous campaign is little short of committing a suicide such as jumping into fire with faggot on its back.

I guess this guy will never be Senate Majority Leader. Oh wait, he's a commie. Never mind, this won't disqualify him.

[End Times Sentinel]

Admittedly, I just skimmed the article, but I might be tempted to jump in a lake of fire if I got a rash from a faggot.

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

[bourbon]

This article reminds me that a thesaurus can be a dangerous tool in the hands of the uneducated.

[LiberalsWorstNightmare]

lol! maybe this should be sent to a gay rights group so they send a protest message to Pyongyang.....

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The NK's regular news writer is taking a Christmas holiday.

[CougarGA7]

committing a suicide such as jumping into fire with faggot on its back.

OK, it's been a while, but don't the British call a cigarette a faggot? Or is it a fag?

At any rate if that is right then I'm even more confused. Why would I jump into a fire with a cigarette on my back?

[Centurion2000]

Faggot used to be a small block or stick of wood for making a bonfire with. Especially useful when burning witches.

[advocate10]

"Faggot" means (among other things), a bundle of burning sticks, if I'm not misinformed.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I dont know. You'll have to ask them.

They might be relying on the traditional American English meaning for the term, who knows.

After all, their government-trained/supervised tour guides have often responded to Westerners questions about gays in N. Korea with "here in the D.P.R.K., we have no homosexuals and no homosexual problem."

[AmericanInTokyo]

Man, these guys, if they have money for a plutonium nuke program, you'd think they have enough N. Korean Won or Euros to by a few updated English dictionaries for their staff down at the Ministry of Propaganda. Sheesh.

[CougarGA7]

Ah. Maybe that's what they meant. Sometimes things really get messed up in the translation. I have a couple of lawn chairs that were made in Tiawan that have a warning label on them that say, "Do not excede 250 lbs, I may cause the chair broken."

[Da_Shrimp]

OK, it's been a while, but don't the British call a cigarette a faggot? Or is it a fag?

A cigarette is a fag

Faggot can mean either a bundle of kindling, or a spicy meatball:

[CougarGA7]

Thatza one-a spicy faggot!

Nope, it just doesn't have the same impact.

[Da_Shrimp]

From the website:

They are manufactured in the traditional pack sizes of 2, 4 or 6 faggots in gravy

Should sell well in San Francisco, I suspect.

[CougarGA7]

LOL! It could be worse, it could read like this:

They are manufactured "Swedish style" in the traditional pack sizes of 2, 4, or 6 faggots in white gravy.

[Da_Shrimp]

2, 4, or 6 faggots in white gravy.

Oh bloody hell, did you have to do that? I'm going to be eating my dinner in a few minutes! ;-)

[CougarGA7]

Sorry. I hope you aren't serving something with meatballs in it tonight or I've really ruined your supper. I suggest beef and potatos tonight.:)