{"id":139752,"date":"2015-08-01T13:25:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T13:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=139752"},"modified":"2015-08-01T13:44:01","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T13:44:01","slug":"asian-parents-buy-clothes-with-swear-words-because-they-dont-understand-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/asian-parents-buy-clothes-with-swear-words-because-they-dont-understand-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian parents buy clothes with swear words because they don&#8217;t understand English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parents are snapping up clothing for their kids covered in inappropriate language &#8211; because they don&#8217;t understand what it says.<\/p>\n<p>The clothing, shown here with sayings like, &#8220;$ex for money&#8221; and &#8220;too drunk to f***&#8221;, are being worn by children as young as eight in Asia because they can&#8217;t read the English.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Slogan shopper: The dress wearer is seemingly oblivious to the message on her pretty pink dress\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article6154107.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/7.jpg\" alt=\"People in Asia are wearing t-shirts with offensive English words printed on them and they don't seem to have a clue\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><\/div><figcaption><strong>Photo: Slogan shopper: The dress wearer is seemingly oblivious to the message on her pretty pink dress<\/strong> \u00a0BossOfGuns \/ Imgur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Blue language: From the offensive to the blasphemous, but this little boy has no idea\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article6154106.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/6.jpg\" alt=\"People in Asia are wearing t-shirts with offensive English words printed on them and they don't seem to have a clue\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><\/div><figcaption><strong>Blue language: From the offensive to the blasphemous, but this little boy has no idea<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Shanghaiist, the garments have caused a debate after someone took pictures of them in a mall in Luoyang, Henan in China and circulated them online.<\/p>\n<p>A man identified only as Mr Guo said that he picked out a baseball cap emblazoned with the words &#8216;F*** you pay me&#8217; for his son, but his son refused it because he knew the meaning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Too young: This little boy smiles in his 'wake up m***********', while this little girl has no idea what her top says\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article6154105.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/5.jpg\" alt=\"People in Asia are wearing t-shirts with offensive English words printed on them and they don't seem to have a clue\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><\/div><figcaption><strong>Too young: This little boy smiles in his &#8216;wake up m***********&#8217;, while this little girl has no idea what her top says<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Family matters: It's not just little ones - adults are being conned too, because they don't speak English\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article6154104.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/4.jpg\" alt=\"People in Asia are wearing t-shirts with offensive English words printed on them and they don't seem to have a clue\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><\/strong><\/div><figcaption><strong>Family matters: It&#8217;s not just little ones &#8211; adults are being conned too, because they don&#8217;t speak English<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The retail assistant in the shop also had no idea of the meaning.<\/p>\n<p>There are also dresses saying &#8216;i am a whore&#8217;, sweaters reading &#8216;who the f*** is Jesus?&#8217; and most disturbingly little girls&#8217; pink T-shirts reading &#8216;jail bait.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Obscene messages: the consumer protections in China mean that these people should not be sold vulgar items\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article6154103.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/3.jpg\" alt=\"People in Asia are wearing t-shirts with offensive English words printed on them and they don't seem to have a clue\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><\/div><figcaption><strong>Obscene messages: the consumer protections in China mean that these people should not be sold vulgar items<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-image clearfix \">\n<div class=\"image-credit-wrapper\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"captify\" title=\"Worrying tend: A little girl in a 'touch me now' top is not only worrying, it's growing more common\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article6154102.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/2.jpg\" alt=\"People in Asia are wearing t-shirts with offensive English words printed on them and they don't seem to have a clue\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" \/><\/strong><\/div><figcaption><strong>Worrying tend: A little girl in a &#8216;touch me now&#8217; 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