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Lidl Product Instructions

lincroft1710
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OH has just bought a Silvercrest Nutrition Mixer from Lidl. The instruction book is multilingual, and obviously the English part has been translated, rather than written by someone whose first language is English.

An example

"The cross blade attachment is suitable for stirring mouses"

Surely anyone who is paid to be a translator should know that the plural of "mouse" is "mice"!
If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales

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  • donnac2558
    donnac2558 Posts: 3,639 Forumite
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    Mouse would be savoury snack, perhaps only to be eaten one at a time?
  • McKneff
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    Likely nothing to do wit has mice. Possibly just a transposition of 2 letters and should be mousse
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • ThumbRemote
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    McKneff wrote: »
    No one can make you feel inferior without your consent

    I'm afraid that due to your sense of humour failure you very much should feel inferior.
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,033 Forumite
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    McKneff wrote: »
    Likely nothing to do wit has mice. Possibly just a transposition of 2 letters and should be mousse

    Strangely that is what I thought 1.3 secs after first reading the sentence in the instruction book
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    Some kit these days just has picture guides and no writing at all. Solves all those translation problems at a stroke. Sadly the pictures can be even more confusing and less amusing than the comedy Chinese translations.
  • barbiedoll
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    I once bought a Christmas decoration tinsel chain with instructions which stated...

    "To get better looking, twist a lot"

    Well, I twisted a lot and not only did I not get any better looking, I also strained my back. :(
    "I may be many things but not being indiscreet isn't one of them"
  • The-Truth
    The-Truth Posts: 483 Forumite
    edited 16 January 2017 at 9:52AM
    ThumbRemote wrote: »
    I'm afraid that due to your sense of humour failure you very much should feel inferior.

    And ThumbRemote replied to make himself feel Superior!

    I'm just commenting because I'm observant before anyone asks (one person in particular)!
  • SpammyTheSpammer
    SpammyTheSpammer Posts: 1,773 Forumite
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    barbiedoll wrote: »
    Well, I twisted a lot...

    twist like you did last summer?
    I am a cow so cannot speak Bullshine but I do recognise its smell when I come upon it.
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