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Jerusalem ? Never heard of it (sightseeing brochure eliminates Israel's capital)
Yahoo News (via Reuters) ^
| 09/21/2006
Posted on 09/21/2006 7:21:56 AM PDT by SirLinksalot
Jerusalem? Never heard of it
Wed Sep 20, 5:07 AM ET
Something always gets lost in translation, but usually not an entire city.
"Jerusalem. There is no such city!" the Jerusalem municipality said in the English-language version of a sightseeing brochure it had published originally in Hebrew.
The correct translation: "Jerusalem. There is no city like it!"
Carrying a photograph of the brochure, Israel's Maariv newspaper said on Wednesday tens of thousands of flyers had been distributed before city hall realised its mistake.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brochure; engrish; jerusalem
To: SirLinksalot
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:22:51 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SirLinksalot
A few years from now we may have "Mecca? there is no such city."
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:23:26 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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posted on
09/21/2006 7:27:36 AM PDT
by
Alouette
(Psalms of the Day: 135-139)
To: SirLinksalot; Alouette
The Oldmerde, Peretz, and Peres Visitors and Convention Bureau?!?!?!?!?!?!
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posted on
09/21/2006 8:12:58 AM PDT
by
Convert from ECUSA
(Regarding islam: Osculate meas Sanctas Romanas nates (with thanks to Alouette for translation))
To: SirLinksalot; VoiceOfBruck
That's one for www.engrish.com!
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posted on
09/21/2006 8:35:22 AM PDT
by
Zechariah_8_13
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
To: SirLinksalot
Must have been published by the US State Department.
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posted on
09/21/2006 11:20:25 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Burgler drops dresser, shot in chest, fills drawers." --Titan Magroyne)
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