Yet another reason for learning chinese...

mabuse

December 15, 2008, 12:46 PM posted in General Discussion

The German research institute Max Planck Institut wanted to set the focus on China in the last issue of their journal. They asked an journalist "[..] to find an elegant Chinese poem to grace the cover. [..]". Unfortunately the 'poem' turned out to be an ad for a strip club or night bar.

Read the full story at Language Log:

http://tinyurl.com/69dypp