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So, how do you translate Diesel Fuel and No Smoking in Arabic?
It would seem that someone took the instructions for this tanker a little too literally (via The Guardian)
And they can’t even get “in Arabic” right!
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Pet Peeves
Seeing the following in blog posts and comments make me want to hunt down the perpetrators, bitch-slap them, turn their family into chattel and then burn down their houses with cleansing fire before salting the earth. I’d leave the miscreants with a copy of a good dictionary.
Rein/Reign
Correct: “We decided to rein in our household spending.”
Correct: “God save the Queen! Long may she reign!”Burn it with fire: “The government needs to do more to reign in spending!”
Lose/Loose
Correct: “I hope I don’t lose this fencing match.”
Correct:”There is a cow loose in the upper pasture.”Burn it with fire: “Ha ha! You guys are going to loose the big game”
