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As our first year (6 months, really) draws to a close, I think it's important to display the winners of this year's worst (as in best) English sentences.

Coming in third place is a very silly dialoge written by some third-years at my school.  Another ALT discovered this and thankfully showed me.  It's obvious what they're trying for but they really miss the mark:

A: Hello.
B: Hello.  This is H.  May I speak to T please?
A: This is T.
B: Great!  I'm going to prikura (sic).  Can you come to porice (sic) office at midnight?
A: Yes!  Of course!  That sounds fun!  Do you want me to bring anything?
B: Sure.  Could you bring some monneys (sic)?
A: Yes.  Thank you for inviting me.  I'm so bad!  See you!
B: You're welcome.  Fuck you!

Second place is two sentences that can be taken as a pair or as stand-alone awesomeness.  These were written by one of my third year students when we had a unit on debates:

A: I see your point, but zoo is better than Amusement park.  because it can enjoy little children. 
B: I agree, but Amusement park is better than zoo.  because it can enjoy a lot of family.

And first place must be taken by a sentence written by one of Matt's second-year students.  This girl is a lovely person (I've met her) and apparently a wonderful student.  On a test, she took the sentence "Try to be the only one, not just number one" from a unit on a blind Japanese singer, and turned it into:

Let's all try not to number one all over the only one.
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