I don't know who the author of this cartoon is, but I want to apologise to him/her before I start. I'm only using it to make a point and it's not a proper "reproduction" per se. Kudos to the artist and the agent.

奥运快到了，而北京早就开始进行公共场所的英文纠错运动，媒体大书特书，举了很多令人喷饭的例子。

几年前，一位朋友告诉我，北京一些“付费公共厕所”的牌子上写的英文是：Pay Money Toilet，让外国人笑死了。

其实，Pay Toilet 比 Pay-Money Toilet 好多少？难说。（窃以为，用 Pay-As-You-S**T Toilet 最贴切。还可以简称为 PAYS Toilet。）

母语的霸道，没办法。如果外国人先发明“好不热闹”、“不要太幸福哟”，早就被国人笑死了。道理是一样的。

仔细想想，Baby Changing Room 不可笑吗？

Female Toilet 呢？

This notice was found under the staircase of an old residential building in Hong Kong.

Literally, it says:

Warning

He who dumps garbage here shall meet the retributive misfortune of dropping dead, of dragging his entire family to its tragic demise and, should he beget a child, of having an anus-less baby!!

So, show some self-respect, please!!