Tuesday, October 10, 2006

The local 'English' newspapers here in Boracay can be a source of great amusement, as anyone who has read one can confirm. Many of them appear not to have been proof-read in any way whatsoever, and you can find a great many funny mistakes. For example, a recent article stated that a member of hotel staff had been 'placed on a rooster'. This conjures up quite a picture, but I'm assuming the unfortunate maid was in fact placed on a 'roster'. I do hope so.
Even correctly spelt articles can display a strange logic - as displayed by the wording of a recent article which stated that two teenaged boys had been arrested for theft. The first was named as "Jose Rodriguez, 14 years old, single..." Single? Since when is the marital status of a child worth a mention?
And way back in the classifieds (along with the 'prayor which has never been known to fail') I discovered an advertisement which stated "Driver Wanted. Male. 25-35 years. Must be able to drive". Really? Would that help then, do you think? Duh.

2 Comments:

Blogger jahcormorant said...

i had a good laugh reading this entry while munching on rambutans!

3:57 AM  
Blogger Red Pirates said...

How's life in the big city?

4:48 AM  

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