The English text, designed to cut deaths from household fires, read:
"Never jump straight out of a window. Lower yourself on to cushions etc."But in the Urdu version it said:
"Never jump out of a window straight. Put yourself on a donkey etc and come down."Teacher Ilfan Malik explained:
"The Urdu word for cushion is gadda. But the word for donkey is gadha. It appears whoever translated the leaflet has mixed the two words up or the spelling has been printed wrongly."Mohammed Iqbal added: "Everyone has had a good laugh."
Strathclyde Fire and Rescue produced the brochure for ethnic communities across
Scotland.
3 comments:
Well done Strathclyde! We always like to get a mention.
The only people messing with fire at the moment are the members of your government who have been or are about to be "helping police with their inquiries".
According to the legend that be Guido Fawkes (www.order-order.com)they are Alan Johnson, John Prescott, Alan Milburn, John Reid, Alistair Darling, Lord Falconer, Baroness Amos, Lord Grocott, Charles Clarke, Margaret Beckett, Geoff Hoon, Patricia Hewitt, Gordon Brown, Paul Murphy, Hilary Armstrong, Peter Hain, Hilary Benn, Ruth Kelly, Ian McCartney, Tessa Jowell, and Jack Straw.
Its exciting!
geoffrey:
...and Michael Howard.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,,1929878,00.html
but not jailbirds Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan Aitkin...or Jim Speechley.
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