Monday 22 August 2016

Wide World of Language Mistakes


In a Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.

On a box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong: Guaranteed to work throughout its useful life.

In a Thai advertisement for donkey rides: We have our own ass if you would like to take a ride.


Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.



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