Thursday
Dec112008
The Cutest Misspellings of "Happy Birthday" I Have Ever Seen
December 11, 2008 Betcha didn't know a misspelling could be cute, did you? Well, it can. Observe:
This was given to Erik's buddy over in Iraq, where the locals guards had nicknamed him Omar. Yes, it says "Hippy barth day". Tell me that doesn't make you want to squeeze its lil' icing cheeks - go on.
JB tells me this adorable little morsel came from a restaurant in Taipan:
"Epi Burfday"
Awwwww.
UPDATE: Some of you are taking issue with my "Taipan" spelling. (The gall!) So just to clear this up: no, I did not misspell it, and no, I don't know where it is. All I can say is that's what was written in the e-mail. Is it possible JB meant Taiwan? Sure. Do I care? Not so much.
Reader Comments (88)
I can sort of understand the misspellings when English is not your first language...it's the ones that come from the US that just boggle my mind!
Oh, that is fantastic, Epi Burfday! When I first looked at it, I thought it said Epi Barfday.
I thought the second one said Epi Barfday, which I would love even more.
In the "Epi" cake makers' defense, it could be a play on the Loius Vuitton epi bags' finish... lol. seemingly though it's probably just prain Engrish...
this is like a lovely combination of http://engrishfunny.com/ and Cake Wrecks. Yay! :)
Epi Barfday is how I read the second one !
YUM!!
Ack! I am so epi!
And everytime I look at it, I also see '2 My CatLoved'. Does anyone else see that?
Those are cute. I love the Engrish website.
word verification: mangsho: a show featuring mangs.
Well...I think they at least get an A for effort. Phonetics are hell.
"Epi Burfday"...but they get "beloved" right? Still scratching my head over that one.
Maybe Adrian is an epidemiologist :).
To be fair... These were done by non-English-speakers in non-English-speaking countries. I would like to see an American decorator try to write out "happy birthday" in Arabic. (Then again, they have enough problems with their own language...)
That is so adurible.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com)
I want a piece of Omar's cake with a rose and some of those crushed pistachios. I've not yet seen a cake on this blog that looked that delicious.
Lovely! One question what is that stuff sprinkled above the flowers on the 1st cake...dirt???
Have a "hippy" day wreckers!!
Where's the wreck? Can you really hold it against them for trying? I mean Engrish is not their first language obviously and they are cute cakes otherwise (unlike the monstrosities of yesterday)
word of the day: Binge....hmmmm...
engrish cakes! two of my favorite things, together at last.
I looked at the cakes.
I kept looking for some time.
And I started laughing helplessly.
You can't even get mad at the misspellings, they're so cute. >_>
Now those wrecks are cute.
Epi Barfday? That would be the cake for my son with multiple food allergies: first he vomits, then we get the epi-pen. (I've got to keep a sense of humor, since he only gets homemade, but allergen free, wrecks on his barfdays.)
Taipan? Where is that? LOL
Do you mean Taiwan?
wouldn't you love to see one that said "hippy barfday"?
But there's so much more to comment on! How about the weird dirt sprinkles on that first cake! And the horrible piping on the second! Too much! Too much wreckiness!
Perhaps they could add an epi pen as a decoration. You never know when someone may have a 'reaction' to the cake...
I too, thought it said barfday, which I naturally thought was hilariousity, as that is my favourite dorkism to write in people's cards.
Got a card once that said "hippo birdy". I thought the "beloved" on the second cake was worth an awwww..
A taipan is an Antipodean venemous snake. I think you mean the capital of Taiwan! :)
Well, as other people say, these are two non-English speakers and two non-Roman-Alphabet users to boot.
I like the marks in the frosting on the second one. The criss-cross is very attractive.
remember "you can't do that on television"?
Barth?
brilliant.
You never know when something like this is a deliberate act, a recording in icing of a family's particular silliness. We always say, "Hippo, birdy, two ewes" or else spell it the way Owl did in Winnie the Pooh: HIPY PAPY BTHUTHDTH THUTHDA
BTHUTHDY.
Monique in TX
Those are pathetically cute. LOL
~Amy B
I just knew that first cake was baked and decorated with a pronounced Arabic accent! It's really rather cute. Many Arabs are very good at presenting food with decorative flourishes. The spelling mistakes merely reflect their pronunciation of English. The crushed pistachios are another particularly Arabic touch, and very yummy!
Nothing like celebrating your barfday with a beatuiful cake wreck. Lovely!
The crushed pistachios on that first cake are weirding me out. You can always eat a misspelling, but the random stuff sprinkled on the top is really bothering me.
"Hippy barth day" is so amusing! But if English is their first language, where did that come from? But I still like it. I want to use it.
And I thought the second one said "Epi barfday" at first... lol
Epi burfday...first thought was that the recipient had bad allergies and was being given a last ditch warning before digging in :)
I want a cake that says "Hippy Barth Day"!!
How cute! Even cakes have accents!
Wow, I am really impressed they can produce something that elaboreate in Iraq! They do not exactly have the facilities...
At first I thought "Epi" must be the recepiant's name, and I was looking for the standard "happy" elsewhere on the cake. On the plus side, that cake decorator has mad thatching skills. But blood red on chocolate? Gag.
WV: litabami
No no...I said they need a lobotomy, not a litabami...
I've heard of Taiwan and I've heard of Taipei (its capital), but, pray, where in the world is "Taipan"?
Jen, have you been guilty of a mis-spelling yourself?? Ouch!
ahhh Taipan...I love living inside a snake ;D perhaps it was from Taipei?
that second one looks deliciously chocolaty. mmmmmm.
At least it's not epi barfday
Makes you want to see how they'd do with "Congratulations" or "Anniversary" Put this one in the "A for Effort Category."
What I love most about the "Epi Burfday" cake is the cool design in the icing. It looks like it was done with a fork turned this way then that....kinda like when you're making peanut-butter cookies. Seriously, it looks good!
Anonymous @1:17 said "Wow, I am really impressed they can produce something that elaboreate in Iraq! They do not exactly have the facilities..."
But they did have Tim Horton's for the Canadian troops.:)
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I love engrish. Those cakes are cute.
wvotd minkity: "loosly translates into Tim Bit in Arabic"
Am I the only one who thought of You Can't Do That On Television when I saw the "Hippy Barth Day" one? No? Just me? Ok, then. :-)
There is a Tai Pan bakery on the Internet.