The Worst English Translation Fails of All Time

Maintain Your Own Way

There is a lot to unpack here, but what we’re taking away from this is that if you are walking where this sign thinks you’re walking, you must maintain it on your own? Like, if there’s debris in the way you have to move it? It’s probably just a walking path sign at the end of the day.

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