Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Creating a precedent

Israel is famous for its bad English translations. I will never forget the time my dad called me up from a fish restaurant. Between his own fits of laughter he managed to splutter out that the menu contained "Gefilte Fish made from Crap"! I think they meant Carp. Or the time I once went to a small coffee shop near Bet Shemesh, with a friend. This place had a whole menu full of English spelling errors. I still wonder how the Tie Hoodles (Thai Noodles) would have tasted :)

This site has a funny story about the controversy surrounding the signs to "LaGuardia" exit off the Ayalon Highway.

Hat tip to DZH