Signese

早点通告 油条 油饼 绿豆粥 子米粥 （紫米粥？）蒸饺 小龙包 （小笼包？）豆浆 豆腐脑 馄饨 茶叶蛋 油条在里面

Too easy for you, Roger. Your role now is to answer questions from other people ;-)

Happy to see this return.

 

(Myself I like the ones where a literal translation still leaves questions open we can discuss. Or with very distinctive calligraphy. Etc. Translation then end of story ain't much fun.)

 

@889, thanks. I've got an archive of about 1,000 Signese photos, but stored in different places, not really categorised in any useful way, and of varying quality - the bulk were taken on a 3 megapixel Sony-Ericsson camera-phone, sometimes through the window of a moving bus. I wasn't sure what best to do with them, and yesterday decided there was no point in letting the best get in the way of the halfway-adequate, so I put together 52 weekly posts which will appear from now on, most with a single line of explanation or commentary.

 

In my mind I like to think this will inspire others to take and post their own photos as they wander China's streets. 

油条在里面

 

I wonder why they had to add that on.

It's quite common for 油条 to be made outside so passers-by can quickly grab one. I'd guess they usually did that, but for some reason were making them inside and letting people know. 

I've got some pictures of signs I could add.

@somethingfunny and @anonymoose are now contributors, look forward to seeing some photos soon... Anyone else?