I was recently in India and couldn’t help but smile when I saw the following on a drinks menu in Delhi:
toxic or tonic?
I know India has a reputation for bad drinking water, but “toxic” is taking it a bit far! As for “Beverage’s” I found plurals written this way all over the country.
Also while in India I saw the following slogan for the state of Rajasthan. While technically not a mistake, I felt sure the double meaning was not intentional:
Here are a few other mistakes I’ve seen and photographed:
this was in the lavatory on an Air Koryo flight on my way back from a trip to North Korea.
As I lived in South Korea for three years I had plenty of chances to see mistakes in English language signs. It’s not easy when English is not your native language, and the Roman alphabet is not yours (Korea uses the hangeul alphabet).
fish from hell?
future alcoholic dogs? (p and b are the same in Korean so they're often mistaken for each other when written English)
I used the following product but I’ve still got my eyes and lips…
does "sensitive" mean it removes them carefully?
Do you have any photos you’d like to share?
