** The Road to Perdition
The Reverend Huw Jones, a Minister from Wales, was travelling home one night and was greatly annoyed when a young man, much the worse for drink, came and sat next to him on the bus.
'Young man,' the Minister, declared in a rather pompous tone, 'do you not realise you are on the road to perdition?'
'Oh, hell and botheration,' retorted the drunkard, 'I could have sworn this bus went to Llanelli.'
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** Message Lost in Translation
English:
No entry for heavy goods vehicles.
Residential site only.
Welsh Translation:
I am out of the office at the moment.
How the Message Got Lost in Translation:
The council staff in Swansea, Wales, UK needed a translation, so they emailed a translator. Unfortunately, he was not available, instead the email triggered an automatic response, which read in Welsh:
I am out of the office at the moment.
Sadly the council staff were not Welsh speaking, and believed that the automatic response was the actual translation of the message!
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