In Australia, clothing retailers like to use shouty communications to bring the punters in. But, as usual, the Japanese appear to be one step ahead of us.
Hat-tip: Gawker.
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That, or it’s parting gesture from a graphic designer with better English skills than his/her boss.
way less offensive than Myer’s misplaced apostrophe on their giant instore banner
FUCKIN’ is the name of the company actually. Yasumi Fuckin is a very popular designer in Japan…
Thats hilarious.
Agree with Mike re apostrophes.
At least the Japanese know how to use an apostrophe.
@Haemorrhoid. I didn’t see you?
Update to this from Gawker – http://gawker.com/fuckin-japan/
– worth clicking on if only to find the links at the bottom of the article, allowing us to laugh in potential self-defense (if you’ve ever worn an asian character t-shirt, or god forbid, tattoo) at unsuspecting users of English slang.