My local Chinese restaurant has improper English written on ALL of their signs!!!?

Ok, so here's the deal: A Chinese restaurant opened in my small town a couple years back (their business is fairly new). For some reason, they have not one, not two, but 3 signs on their lot, facing the street. All 3 are right beside one another, and all 3 advertise the same restaurant! Anyway, the thing is, the restaurant is re-doing their signs to advertise the fact that they now deliver pre-ordered meals. The business is run by Chinese folk, and obviously they have little experience with translating to English, because, instead of stating "we deliver" on their signs, the signs write "We Delivery". Now, the restaurant is family owned, and the signs are being redone by hand, so no one ever had the chance to correct the improper grammar before it went up in front of the public.



It really is hilariously funny, but I'm afraid that these poor people are going to get a hard time for their errored signs. Should I be the one to tell them that their signs aren't correct?My local Chinese restaurant has improper English written on ALL of their signs!!!?
Does it truly matter if their signs are not grammatically correct? As long as you get the message the sign serves its purpose. Case in point the improper English on the sign probably caught your attention better than if it was done correctly. If the sign simply read "We Deliver" you wouldn't have thought about a Chinese restaurant enough to post about it on Yahoo! Answers. Maybe your local Chinese restaurant owners are actually sly, crafty marketers. When you see "We Delivery" it makes you read it twice.
Elena S - I found that quite insulting. I am a Caucasian native of the United States of America. Sorry if my English is not perfected to your liking, but you will just have to deal with that.

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My local Chinese restaurant has improper English written on ALL of their signs!!!?
The sad ones are the people that make the same mistakes and english is their native language.
I say go for it. What do you have to lose? They might really appreciate the gesture. If they really want to change it, they will.My local Chinese restaurant has improper English written on ALL of their signs!!!?
hmm, do you know that your message looks like written by a non-native too?



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