torsdag 5. november 2009

US Cyworld Will No Longer Be Able To Service

Ah, Engrish. There's a whole world of funny translations out there to laugh at.

Cyworld, the massive Korean based virtual world, is shutting down its U.S. site, which draws all of 112,000 monthly visitors according to Comscore. And while the shutdown is sort of sad, the message they sent to users more than makes up for it. The translation is bad. Not Matrix DVD cover in Korean bad, but bad.

Yes, I know Americans and others butcher other languages in reverse all the time. But that doesn't mean I can't laugh a little at this, too.

CyWorld first launched in the U.S. in 2006, and we estimate that they are the twelfth most valuable social network in the world overall. Email is below:

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