PMO Iqaluit gaffe draws smiles, frowns
Source: The Canadian Press
Aug 18, 2009 11:09
OTTAWA_ An unfortunate blunder by the Prime Minister's Office has residents of Nunavut alternately chuckling and cringing.
A news release sent out Monday outlined Prime Minister Stephen Harper's itinerary as he began a five-day tour of the North.
The release repeatedly spelled the capital of Nunavut as Iqualuit_ rather than Iqaluit.
The extra ``u'' makes a world of difference in the Inuktitut language.
Iqaluit, properly spelled, means ``many fish.''
Spelled with an extra ``u,'' the Nunavut language commissioner's office says the word translates as a derogatory reference to ``people with unwiped bums.''
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1 comment:
Unwiped bums! That's a lesson for Harper. Too many U's and not enough me's.
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