It doesn’t seem like this bizarre snippet from a Japanese book designed to teach English can be chalked up the usual problems that generate “Engrish”—defined as “the misuse of the English language by native speakers of some East Asian languages.” No, it seems that the writers of this textbook just weren’t thinking about what they were writing or else decided to indulge in a delirious moment of black comedy.

In a sidebar entitled “Rest Station,” the student is given a typical bit of English conversation that you might encounter in a doctor’s office. The participants are a small boy and his doctor. The boy speaks first:

A: Doctor, I’m so alone. Nobody seems to notice me.
B: Next patient, please.

In an illustration, the speech balloon for the poor kid contains only a single black blot, a pretty good visual approximation of clinical depression, while the smiling, clueless doctor is depicted barking out his insensitive sentence.

Best of all, the kid is making the Akbar and Jeff gesture with his index fingers.

via RocketNews24

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