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Thursday, October 19, 2006
Don't Bank on Correct Spelling
The Borat sketches that have been passed around the internet numerous times over the last few months and that will be showing as a feature length movie this month are generally pretty offensive to most groups. Pretending to be a Khazakh tourist, this character coaxes people into giving away their most outrageous views, and just simply takes the michael out of them seemingly without their even realising it's happening.
Anyway, the government of Kazakhstan got a bit upset about this and in particular remarks that Borat made about their country, including that the age of consent to have sexual intercourse there had just been raised to 8. But, they really don't help themselves with blunders like the one made this week : the Kazakh bank has printed two thousand notes on which the word "bank" is spelled incorrectly! As if that itsn't bad enough, they intend to circulate them even knowing that the error exists.
Read the full story on the BBC Website.
Anyway, the government of Kazakhstan got a bit upset about this and in particular remarks that Borat made about their country, including that the age of consent to have sexual intercourse there had just been raised to 8. But, they really don't help themselves with blunders like the one made this week : the Kazakh bank has printed two thousand notes on which the word "bank" is spelled incorrectly! As if that itsn't bad enough, they intend to circulate them even knowing that the error exists.
Read the full story on the BBC Website.
