06 May 2010

Open letter to NYT editor

The letter below reached our department by mistake, and we feel that it's our duty to make it available to the public:

Dear Sir/Madam,

In the selection of "Chinglish" signs that you have published recently on your esteemed site, there appears a picture that, in my humble opinion, doesn't belong to the selection:
As a person who have purchased and tasted on several occasions the beverage appearing in the picture, I hereby declare that it is not, I repeat, NOT a case of erroneous or, indeed, funny use of your highly esteemed language.

With profound respect,

Your ... [signature]