It is high time that I posted an entry, since I have been quiet for a few weeks. I now have enough photos of scooters to warrant a full homage to Taiwanese ‘Scooter English’. I am sure this post will grow, since I am sometimes howling with laughter at the genius of some of the prose. Sit back, and absorb…
My scooter: “Duke … ECOLOGY NEW STAND & NEW LIFE”
“We reach for the sky. Neither does civilization … SNIPER”
“GENERATION POLLUTION ON THE EARTH LOW 50 FREINDL LIGHT NO. 01 POLLUTION FRIENDLY SCOOTER NEW”
“TACT … MET-IN … JUST FOR YOU THE NEW GENERATION … FAST FIRST AND BEST”
“Going … MOVE YOUR CREATIVE HEART”
“Your future depends on … MOVIE 125”
“JOG IS FASCINATING TO YOU”
“Going … KYMCO BRINGS OUT THE GENIUS IN YOUR CHOICE”
“Jockey are riding with us”
“THE BEST FUNCTION AND GOOD SENSATION“
“CHACHA … KEEP CLEAN, KEEP PLEASANT, KEEP HEALTHY … GIVING YOU THE BEST SENSATION ALL I HAVE”
“Dio … SHUTTLE IN THE CITY JUNGLE. THE NEW SPEEDY SNAIL CLAN CHARACTERISTIC. DIGNIFIED. AGGRESSIVE”
“CAOW … WITH FASHIONABLE FEELING”
“MAN … enjoy yourself … boy”
“YOU GOT TO FEEL … FEVER … THE HAPPINESS OF RIDING”
“Junior … THE GLARING HEADLIGHTS OF A MOTORCAR”
“SHEN YANG … THE NEW GENERATIONAL SCOOTER FRON EARTH”
“J\O\G … IS FASCINATING TO YOU”
“GOING … THE MORE YOU LOOK THE MORE YOU LIKE”
“125 … FOR NEW CENTURY”
“Spanking … The Dreaming Touring Motor With Spanking Kwang Yang Scooter 100E”
After a whole year of being surrounded by this, it does begin to become invisible to you – a shame. However, occasionally I will walk along a row of scooters with camera blazing, chuckling away to myself. I do feel jealous a little of newcomers who point every strange thing out – things I cannot see any more.
Although it seems very funny, this is the relationship with English that most local designers seem to have. And I have to work with them, using Roman characters to ‘decorate’ their designs. Frankly, we are often the same in Europe – exotic Chinese symbols seem trés chic tatooed onto our arms, eh.
Update:
Lars had some extra photos lying around of scooters. Some new, some when I had no camera – if only you could take photos at traffic lights you could get so much more lyrical goodness … I can see this taking a life of its own!
“FOVEP … YOU GET TO FOOL THE HARRINESS OF RIOING”
“Freeway … specializing in boble model street bike for noble life”
“TACT … MET-IN … JUST FOR YOU, THE NEW GENERATION”
“RR … RIDDING ON THE WING.”
“SNIPER … AEROTYPE … Just for wind cutting”
“THE EPOCHAL SCOOTER”
“SANYANG … THE BEST FUNCTION AND SENSATION … KING OF THE RIDER”
“FOR TOUR NICE SCENE”
“FANGIER … NEW EDITION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE … GET AWAY WITH IT ALL”
A new wave…
Duck – Be Pure – 125 SP – To resist drugs and violence – amazing
Dock – THE DUKE TEAM SO SPEEDING & DOMINANT
6 – THE FRIENDLE SCOOTER ON EARON – ER
To Feel Exuberan Tly Happy
LAEIH (?) – HAHAH
A SUPER SPEED – WE OFFER TOU SAFETY AND QUALITY
And so it continues…