English spelling mistakes world over are most often
hilarious, as we’ve all seen in forwards from friends on mail and FB, and while
travelling in developing countries in non-English speaking areas. But missing
out nouns in naming organization, shops, and institutes tops it all!
A Noun is imperative in naming someone, somewhere or
something, and it becomes unique to that person, place or thing. Imagine if the
Sahara Desert, Kalahari Desert, Arabian desert had been named with descriptors
(Adjectives) instead of names, as, say, for example, ‘Deep’ desert, ‘wide’
desert, ‘vast’ desert- how would our children remember which is which, without a
name like ‘Sahara’, ‘Kalahari’. Any desert can be deep, wide, vast!
Just hilarious thoughts- laugh for good health!
SMC- Specialized Medical Center
Ahem! Well, if I were to go to any medical center for
checkup and treatment, they’d better be ‘specialized’! Adjectives replace Nouns.
Education International Schools
I thought all ‘schools’ are meant to
provide ‘education’, huh?! What is the name of your organization? Common
nouns replace Proper nouns.
So much for serious stuff, relax with the frequent fun-
Binrushed- poor guy, everybody, please let him chill! I understand it is the name in Arabic of a great person, but it doesn’t transliterate into English! Incidentally, Ibn Rushd is one of the most noteworthy Muslims; highly educated and wrote several books and summarized a lot of Greek literature for Muslim Caliphs.
TOI Restaurant- Move over ‘Times of India’ (TOI), we are the ‘Taste
of India’ (TOI) in Arabia!
New Store opening- You know a new store is opening when you see limp, coloured
plastics bubbling up, ballooned figure standing around and/or a roving light is
sending circles into the air!
Faux Pas- Did you know sweets have IQ?! I didn't. Apostrophe upside down. And wrongly used- remember only one sweet has IQ, not the others!
Huh! As in, I can 'feel free' and help myself to any of the stuff in your store? Hey thanks!
Clearly, just funny rejoinders from a fun heart to make a few peoples' heads lighter.
No malice or any deliberate intention to hurt or defame anyone. Please take it as a joke, change if you want to make things better, but do definitely laugh!
