I was so excited when I saw this shirt, though I wasn't quite sure exactly what the Russian said (literally, it says "joke/riddle this is very interesting", but I'm not fluent in Russian so I'm not sure what it means idiomatically). I don't know French or Italian, though I hear the French is mildly out as well.

But then, on re-reading, I realised that the Russian is misspelled as well - instead of "Э", it's been spelled with a "З" - which both look quite similar to non-Russian speakers, I imagine, but one is "eh" and the other is "z", so they're quite different. And today I noticed that the "Т" is written "t", which isn't even a Russian letter; and the "И" is written "N", which again, isn't a Russian letter at all.

I really like this design and was going to get it, but my Russian-speaking friends would just laugh at me for wearing such a misspelled Russian phrase when I know better, and I'd just feel too embarrassed to ever wear it.

It just makes me sad - I know the designer doesn't speak Russian (or French or Italian, I assume?), but I kind of wish Threadless would talk to someone who speaks the languages to check that the sentences, or at least the letters, are accurate before they print it. Now it kind of feels like one of those sad cheap shirts that are sold in non-English-speaking countries, with English phrases which don't make any sense, but people buy them anyway cos they're "cool"... and people who do speak English just read the shirts and snigger and think how sad those people are.

I love the design, and I would buy this SO FAST if it was correct in the Russian (and French and Italian). It just makes me sad that it's all wrong. :( My only hope is that this will be really popular and sell out fast and Threadless will reprint it - and fix the mistakes!