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Yahoo! Top Stories - Bogus Dictionary Lands Tourists In Trouble!
Topic: Miscellaneous 4:02 pm EST, Dec  8, 2003

] A practical joker has stirred up trouble by publishing a
] Japanese-to-English phrase book with incorrect
] definitions for every phrase!
]
] Now thousands of Japanese tourists who've painstakingly
] studied the bogus dictionary in preparation for trips to
] America are arriving on our shores only to encounter
] blank stares, hysterical laughter or even brutal beatings
] as soon as they open their mouths.
]
] "The man who compiled this dictionary clearly went out of
] his way to wreak havoc," says New York hotel concierge
] Jacqueline Porseman, who arranges tours for many VIP
] guests from Japan.
]
] "For instance, when the Japanese think they're asking
] 'Can you direct me to the rest room?' the book actually
] has them saying, 'Excuse me, may I caress your buttocks?'

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