Gaelic refers mainly to the Irish and Scottish languages.
Celtic encompasses Irish, Scottish, Welsh and many others.
(And please, enough of the Welsh insults!)
When I took Driver’s Ed in high school, one of the students in my class asked the teacher what “Ped Zing” meant. He actually LOL’d at her before he could catch himself.
I volunteer at advanced driver training classes. We stress that the cones represent real hazards, and that serious injury or damage would result from striking them if the situation was real. When struck, the cones usually crumple under the vehicle or get pushed aside. Occasionally, one will be propelled amusingly across the tarmac. The instructors and course workers sometime refer to these as ped xings!
I had to go to driving class as part of getting out of a ticket. When the instructor asked what defensive driving meant, I answered “hit them before they hit you?” He got a funny look on his face and said “I am sure I will be seeing you again in my classes.”
This is not to be annoying, just feel the need to correct a tiny error, because I am … well, annoying, in fact. Anyway, it should be “svnska”, not “Svnsk”. )
Well, you were close at least. ) To let the poor e be back in: “svensk” ( does mean Swedish, but the adjective as in “I am Swedish”, whereas “svenska” is Swedish as in the language, “I speak Swedish”. So yeah. Your secret rests safe with me! ;o)
UUUUUUUhhhhh, guys this is not a fail. That’s called IRISH. It is written in the IRISH language, also known to ignorant people, or Americans (not specifically tying those two groups together) as GAEILGE> sorry to ruin the buzz.
You may now return to laughing.
I’ve been in the field of linguistics for 20 years, it’s actually stenciled in the Northern Ndebele language. No biggie. The Matabele people of Zimbabwe speak thusly.
i’ve been in the field of linguitics for only two years, and do not yet understand you, even though I have already been promoted twice and am now (as of yesterday, so i have to gloat, you understand) Director.
i will return when i do understand…
i clearly like the word understand.
hahaha. how iconic that you would tsk at me!!!! i’d love to hear that language again. heard it about 8/9 months ago in a documentary i was watching on Zulu. Didn’t know that was the name of the language though. Kewlies!
Off topic kinda. There is a restaurant in Sebring, FL that has a live alligator named Bully in the restaurant. He is a “serial killer” in the alligator world so he lives in a cage in a restaurant. Maybe we can start treating the trolls to a very special dinner?
This might come a Wal-Mart from the Deep South in America. You have the fir’ truck and the fir’ dupartmnt, and the fir’ lane. They might have spelled it correctly the first time but people kept parking there, so they changed it to the “correct” spelling to solve the problem.
Jeez. That’s worse than the new-ish shopping center near my house–when they first opened, all of the “Left Turn Only” notices painted on the road had the left turn arrow followed by “OLNY”
All 5 of them.
They’ve since repainted it, unfortunately. If only I’d gotten a picture…serious fail-age.
“Um, I think you just set our E stencil on fire.”
“That’s okay. Just use the I and switch some letters around. We’re in America now, no one’ll know the difference…” *remembering Failbloggers FAIL*
Firlain. Do not park your wheechiair here.
FIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRST
teacher sez-
weak fail. go back to having more broken jesus statues or falling palm trees.
WELL!
Fayle!
TAZETAZETAZETAZETAZETAZETAZETAZE!!!!!
NO SAYING F**ST!
No use – he’s long been a troll. *herds cacapeepee back into the troll cage with a 10-foot electric cattle prod*
Yeah…little buggers keep escaping, don’t they?
I detect the faintest whiff of PHOTOSHOP!
Sorry, that was me. Darn burritos.
sorry, must have mislabeled the laxatives with “special burrito sauce”
First Fail!
First fail….
Damn layout….
Guess that makes mine a First fail Fail…
jackass, jackass, jackass, jackass, jackass, jackass, jackass, jackass, jackass, jackass, jackass, jackass
telling people you are first is stupid; telling people you are first and being second? That is FAIL
Or stunt drivers with firetrucks could dramatically ruin your Wheeee!
Maybe Firlain is celtic/gaelic for ‘wheechiair only’? We should ask Loz, she’s the resident Welsh expert.
*snickers* er ummm.. *looks around innocently* I had nothing to do with that.
Gaelic refers mainly to the Irish and Scottish languages.
Celtic encompasses Irish, Scottish, Welsh and many others.
(And please, enough of the Welsh insults!)
Sorry.
I had no idea that being an expert in Welsh was an insult!
No wonder, I also take offense when somebody insinuates I am literate.
You don’t know who your father is?
I think I know, but maybe he cheated
There’s never enough Welsh insults.
Mae dy fam yn llyfu cociau mul
firlain… fir lain… fir lane… fire lane… FIRE LANE???
OH.
A lane of fire. Didn’t you that was a common thing in the streets? It helps to cut back on jaywalking…
I shall split you in Twain LOL
I don’t understand this fail (sorry, I am french).
What should this mean ?
being french FAIL
Ignore the trolls, Yeti.
It should say “Fire Lane”.
I remember there was a stencil in North Sydney on one of the pedestrian crossings that said “THNIK BEFORE YOU CROSS” Also the N was backwards.
I always laugh at ‘ped xing’ in the US. I know it’s intentional but it still sounds ridiculous.
*snickers* My brother didn’t realize until last year that ‘xing’ meant ‘crossing’ and not ‘zing’. He’s in high school.
When I took Driver’s Ed in high school, one of the students in my class asked the teacher what “Ped Zing” meant. He actually LOL’d at her before he could catch himself.
I volunteer at advanced driver training classes. We stress that the cones represent real hazards, and that serious injury or damage would result from striking them if the situation was real. When struck, the cones usually crumple under the vehicle or get pushed aside. Occasionally, one will be propelled amusingly across the tarmac. The instructors and course workers sometime refer to these as ped xings!
I had to go to driving class as part of getting out of a ticket. When the instructor asked what defensive driving meant, I answered “hit them before they hit you?” He got a funny look on his face and said “I am sure I will be seeing you again in my classes.”
I LOL’d. If you don’t want to know the answer, don’t ask the question, right?
Truly the best defense is a good offense!
If that’s the case, shouldn’t this be in Engrish funny instead?
Damn illegals!
Thanks !
I speak english and i still didnt get what it was supposed to say hahaha
intelligence fail
They wanted to write “First!” but they got tired and had a little rest.
Being sorry for your nationality FAIL
FIRST!
Firs
SOTP! This is the FIRLAIN!
12st!
13rd
13rd? o.o
120thththth.
maybe this was in germany or sweden… ‘e’ s not necessary
You mean when speaking Dutsch or Svnsk ?
In Germany, you don’t speak dutch! Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands
As if I didn’t know, I’m Flemish. I wrote “Dutsch”, which is “Deutsch”without an -e. Likewise for “Svnsk”. Capice ?
This is not to be annoying, just feel the need to correct a tiny error, because I am … well, annoying, in fact. Anyway, it should be “svnska”, not “Svnsk”.
)
O b*gger ! I failed there ! Don’t tell my friends please, I have a certain reputation regarding languages.
Too late, buddy!
You dob on czuhc and I’ll tell everyone your avatar is a button.
It’s nice when people press my triangle on top of a cube. I feel so happy.
*SQUEEZES the triangle*
Do you know where my triangle is located? You will have a nice surprise if I tell you!
Ooooooooh. I love surprises.
tellmetellmetellme.
*jumps up and down clapping*
Naah, I don’t want to be banned!
I’ll potato you.
Oh yeah? Then I will you!
Well then, we’re agreed!
POTATO PARTY!
OOO, a party !
*Sulu* Hellloooooooo!
watch out the Vicar is going for his 10lb bag of potato’s, he thinks it’s a curtain hanging party.
Ooh, you changed colors, Zurack!
*burns invitation to party*
*washes the ashes down the sink*
*then burns the sink, just to be safe*
Sorry, um…I can’t make it. Have fun, guys!
I have a sinking feeling about this.
Anytime now they’re going to dish out the bad news.
I’m drained of emotion about the whole situation.
Sewer actually giving up?
Her clogs were made for walking and that’s what she’s gonna do.
I’m not really plugged into what’s going on, is that party a wash?
To GladIwokeUp – TOPICAL NEWS WIN
I see my earworm from the other day is still snaking its way into some heads.
If U-bend your ear this way, I’ll whisper sweet somethings to you.
*backs up next to Dragon*
Ooh. Is that a ballcock in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Well, you were close at least.
) To let the poor e be back in: “svensk” ( does mean Swedish, but the adjective as in “I am Swedish”, whereas “svenska” is Swedish as in the language, “I speak Swedish”. So yeah. Your secret rests safe with me! ;o)
Jag är så lycklig !
Eu realmente não entendi o que você escreveu…
My, my – it’s easy to make you happy… ;oP
czuhc…stop lycklig me! That tyckles!
but you speak DEUTSCH there. that’s german for german.
and without the e it’s DUTSCH.
you fail.
note comment below. I see this in a lot of places. In Ireland….
I live in Ireland and I’ve never seen that…
Actually I think czuhc was spelling ‘deutsch’ without the ‘e’.
See, YOU understand me.
*whipes tear from eye*
Hm, thank you for the stunt, I’ve never seen it done with a whip before! *golf clap*
*sigh*
Guess I’m having a bad spelling day
I get the feeling more people understood that than you initially may have thought, czuhc.
In Germany it is nothing like this.
In Germany it’s called “Feuerwehrzufahrt”
Bless you!
Is that a sneeze or a safe word in bondage?
Is that a sneeze or are you just happy to see me?
I always sneeze when I am happy.
I always sneeze when I am sleasy…
Hm, what do you do when you get mad, then?
She sneezes, silly!
You yawn, yapper!
Eat lead, snapper!
Yum! Got any iridium to go with that?
£υηçhþöχ! *sneeze*
That would be somewhat dangerous to use as a safe word.
P
They were just trying to use phonetics
Phonetic for “forlorn”.
How does that keep happening.
I blame the rainbows in the sprinklers.
I blame global cooling.
And aliens, of course.
Yep. There is a tiny white flying saucer in the foreground between the ‘R’ and the ‘L’. You can see it’s shadow too…
*locks up his cows*
Wow, you can even see the shadow! We have a serious conspiracy here!
If you look closely…there’s a rectangular windscreen (windshield) too…
We’ve got a live one.
UUUUUUUhhhhh, guys this is not a fail. That’s called IRISH. It is written in the IRISH language, also known to ignorant people, or Americans (not specifically tying those two groups together) as GAEILGE> sorry to ruin the buzz.
You may now return to laughing.
I’ve been in the field of linguistics for 20 years, it’s actually stenciled in the Northern Ndebele language. No biggie. The Matabele people of Zimbabwe speak thusly.
i’ve been in the field of linguitics for only two years, and do not yet understand you, even though I have already been promoted twice and am now (as of yesterday, so i have to gloat, you understand) Director.
i will return when i do understand…
i clearly like the word understand.
You know not of the Ndebele language ? And you promoted twice ? Tsk tsk. Director, you disappoint me.
*winge* gimme a chance *napoleon dynamite voice* GOD!
hahaha. how iconic that you would tsk at me!!!! i’d love to hear that language again. heard it about 8/9 months ago in a documentary i was watching on Zulu. Didn’t know that was the name of the language though. Kewlies!
Eight ninths of a month, that would make…err…MORE THAN HALF!
Is that 99%?
Come bakc 18 yrars laiter so u qan oondesrtadn us!
I’m actually standing in the field of linguitics now and sure wish I had my boots on. Totally ruined my New Balance sneakers.
Oh. You must have stepped on a cow sh*t of monolingualism. Those can be messy.
*honors czuhc with an “Outstanding in his Field” award*
Yeah, he’s really got a leg up on the rest out there!
His competition kneeds to step up their game.
I like the word understand too. It is attested from 1803, with an original meaning of “mutual agreement”
So I guess I understand with you the word understand
I believe it’s Irish for “Translator is out of the office today.”
close. lol
Interesting. No one told me Atlanta had been rezoned and turned into a part of Ireland.
It’s a fail. As was this. But an amusing one, nonetheless.
I don’t see the fail? who is to say this is supposed to be English??
I don’t know who it’s supposed to say, but what it’s supposed to say is “Fire Lane”.
you’ve missed my point.
Wow, what were they thinking?
“I wish I hadn’t blazed up right before coming to work. Now I can’t remember my own name, much less spell this word!”
Ehm, no fail here. This is the correct spelling of it.
What do you mean? The fail is that the street is dirty…
No, the fail is unneccesary capitalisation.
In Soviet Russia, the fail is unnecessary capitalism.
lol
it says “stencil fail” because its a stencil fail not a language fail
What language is that??
Did we enter a loop ?
Did we banter a hoop ?
Did we canter and poop?
Did we utter a troop?
Did we mutter a ‘whoops’?
did we further a coup?
Did we murder a soup?
I’m gonna sweep the stoop.
I weep for the troops.
*shoop shoop badoops*
Boop Boop Bedoop!
You guys keep dancing, I’m going to clean out the chicken coop.
Careful, there’s a lot of poop.
don’t bang your head if you stoop
WTF!?
Ehm. Stoop is actually spelled “stoep”. Its an Afrikaans word. Besides how can you sweep an abstract noun?
there used to be a tree laying in the road… but the city took it away with the rest of the trash.
It looks like a poster from I can has cheezburger decided to stencil that in.
*laughing now*
Genius!
shit fail
this site has gone way down hill
*pushes blah down the hill*
Watch out for the alligator at the bot….
*winces*
Ah well.
Keep it up, Dragon, and that ‘gator is going to be really overfed… so many trolls to dispose of. I like the creativity in your method, though! *hugs*
Off topic kinda. There is a restaurant in Sebring, FL that has a live alligator named Bully in the restaurant. He is a “serial killer” in the alligator world so he lives in a cage in a restaurant. Maybe we can start treating the trolls to a very special dinner?
if anyone cares this is entirely valid in Punjab and Malays. There is no fail here
Well, I do know a ‘fir lain’ is where they park the Christmas trees in emergencies… at least its true for people who are on the same meds as I am…
stoopid
No child left behind, people! No child left behind!
What do you mean? He went to Devry
Once again, Johnny Firlain manages to commandeer his own personal parking spot.
Johnny we hardly knew ye.
No, no, this is not fail. The stenciler just wanted us to know that, at one point, a fir tree had been lain in that spot.
This might come a Wal-Mart from the Deep South in America. You have the fir’ truck and the fir’ dupartmnt, and the fir’ lane. They might have spelled it correctly the first time but people kept parking there, so they changed it to the “correct” spelling to solve the problem.
I thought that was a fahr… as in the three wise men came from a fahr, which is why they all have firefighter helmets on.
Don’t you folks get it, it’s not a misspelled “fire lane”, it’s telling you someone had sex there. See? The “fir” was “lain”!
i know! it supposed to say ‘for lain’
Jeez. That’s worse than the new-ish shopping center near my house–when they first opened, all of the “Left Turn Only” notices painted on the road had the left turn arrow followed by “OLNY”
All 5 of them.
They’ve since repainted it, unfortunately. If only I’d gotten a picture…serious fail-age.
Unless I’m misunderstanding you, “Left turn only” five times is not a fail, because from all five lanes, you can only turn left.
Nevermind. Just read your words properly.
“Um, I think you just set our E stencil on fire.”
“That’s okay. Just use the I and switch some letters around. We’re in America now, no one’ll know the difference…” *remembering Failbloggers FAIL*
the firlain is for firtrucks.
hay stooped, caint you spell anythang rite
Hmmm … tree hugger???
vGb yg t
yousuckBALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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well it’s obvious, they had no E stencil!