YES, I AGREE. I AM NOT SURE WHETHER THE FIRST ONE IS CORRECT -NO IDEA! HOWEVER, THE SECOND ONE IS FUNNY. I GUESS THE ADVERTISING SIGN COULD'VE BEEN MADE BY THE OWNER OF THE SHOP. SHE/HE DIDN'T WANT TO ASK OTHERS TO HELP MAKE IT PERFECT!
For the store the should put on the sign is the name of the store in big/bold letter on the top like SINGTHONG and under the name of the store it should be a word. (Hardware Supplies ) there's no need to include a word " sale ", because everyone knows that when you have a big sign up in the front of your property/store it is well understood that you're selling merchandise in there.
A Mistake that people like to make is they translate Lao language to English by word from word , many times it doesn't work and rather sounds funny.
-- Edited by khonthakek on Monday 26th of October 2009 02:11:33 PM
-- Edited by khonthakek on Monday 26th of October 2009 02:12:03 PM
Picture 1: Should write: USE CUSHION FOR LIVE SAVER IN CASE IN THE WATER.
Picture 2: should write: CONSTRUCTION & HARDWARE SUPPLIES. ( Don't need to write English to be exactly translated to Lao on top )
Both signs are funny. They are O.K. to understand for Lao people but, I'm not sure for the foreign people. They might take a wile before figured out its meaning. Who's took these 2 pictures? and from where? I hope not from Vientiane.
The first one is correct in case there is a lifesaver under the seat inside the air plane. You can use that lifesaver under the seat as a float when the air plane crash into the river or the ocean.
