Travel Quotes . . .

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” — American author Mark Twain

“Travel’s greatest purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” ― English writer William Hazlitt

“To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.” — Nepalese mountaineer Tenzing Norgay

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In a Danish airline office: We take your baggage and send it all directions.

In the lobby of a Bucharest hotel: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

In an Athens hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9and 11 A.M. daily.

On the door of a Moscow hotel room: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.

Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10. 

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Adam Jacot de Boinod gets lost in translation

• The Swedish vacuum cleaner company Electrolux told Americans that 'nothing sucks like an Electrolux'.

• Clairol messed up with their translation in Germany and made the mistake of trying to sell customers a manure stick instead of a mist stick for their hair.

• Coors told customers that their beer made people have diarrhoea. They meant to say it 'loosened you up'. 

Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.

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Lost in translation . . .

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Adam Jacot de Boinod’s Wide World of Language Mistakes

• In a German lift: Do not enter the lift backwards and only when lit up. 

• In a Norwegian lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar. 

• For visitors to the Czech Republic: Take one of our horse-driven city tours: we guarantee no miscarriages. 

• In a German maternity ward: No children allowed in the maternity ward. 

Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.

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Wide World of Product Names

ADAM Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.

• Skum – Swedish Confectionery 

• Crap - French chocolate 

• Dribly - Italian lemonade 

• Zit - Greek lemon and lime soft drink 

• Schmuck - German confectionery 

• Bang Bang - Spanish chewing gum 

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Adam Jacot de Boinod gets lost in translation

• Pepsi’s slogan ‘Come Alive with Pepsi’ was dropped in China after it was translated as Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave’. 

• When General Motors tried to market the Chevy Nova car in Central and South America, they overlooked the fact that No va means, ‘it doesn't go’ in Spanish. 

• When American Airlines wanted to advertise its leather first class seats in the Mexican market, it translated its ‘Fly In Leather’ campaign literally, which meant (vuela en cuero) Fly Naked in Spanish. 

Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.

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Wide World of Language Mistakes

• On a detour sign in Japan: Stop: Drive Sideways 

• In a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions 

• Over the bathroom sink in a Mexican hotel: The water has been passed personally by the hotel manager 

• In a hotel room in Cambodia: Sorry for guests who have problem, and thank for guests who have no problem 

Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.

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Wide World of Product Names

Adam Jacot de Boinod’s   Wide World of Product Names

• Polio - Czech detergent 

• Vaccine - Dutch aftershave 

• Climax - Kenyan disinfectant 

• Naked - New Zealand fruit and nut bar 

• Noisy - French butter 

• Last Climax - Japanese tissues 

Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.

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To end the day with . . .

I don’t mind doing the bracing British beach bit, anoraks and gumboots and soggy fish fingers in the Sun-‘n’-Sands Café, so long as no one suggests I am supposed to enjoy it. Katherine Whitehorn

No matter what happens, travel gives you a story to tell.
Jewish Proverb

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Travel Talk . . .

We’ve never had a holiday. A week or two at Balmoral, or ten days at Sandringham, is the nearest we get. 

Princess Anne

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Wide World of Language Mistakes

In a Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.

On a box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong: Guaranteed to work throughout its useful life.

In a Thai advertisement for donkey rides: We have our own ass if you would like to take a ride.


Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.

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Travel talk . . .

I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation. 

Dustin Hoffman

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Adam Jacot de Boinod’s  Wide World of Words

gulch (Newfoundland English 1895) to frequent a sheltered hollow for sexual intimacy

exhibition meal (Hobo slang) a handout eaten on the doorstep: the madam wants the neighbours to witness her generosity

growlery (Dickens: Bleak House 1852) a place to growl in; jocularly applied to a person’s private sitting room

shangle (Cumberland + Westmoreland dialects) to fasten a tin or kettle to a dog’s tail

Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.

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Brit called Foreign Office to ask where to buy bacon abroad

BRITS ABROAD contacted the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) last year with bizarre questions, ranging from where to buy English bacon in Europe, how to hire a butler in Lebanon, and how to avoid nudists in Spain.

The FCO has released details of the 10 strangest calls as a reminder to the travelling public that it provides only an emergency service.

The calls included:

A man planning to move to Spain was worried he would encounter nudists walking through the streets

A homesick expat asking where he could buy English bacon

A lady in Lebanon looking for help to recruit an English butler

A European filmmaker looking for an English pensioner to play a part in his film

A woman who was disappointed by the British Embassy’s failure to send someone to give her a tour of St. Petersburg on her arrival in Russia

A British man asking for assistance to get illegal employment in Singapore

A confused businessman looking for information on the construction of plug sockets

A man in South Korea asking what he could do with his old pound notes

Almost half a million calls were made to the consular service last year and the FCO assisted with numerous cases, helping 3,250 Brits who were hospitalized, 4,770 who were arrested, and the families of 3,670 who died overseas.  Almost 38,000 replacement travel documents were issued.

Head of the FCO's Global Contact Centres, Kelvin Green said: ‘We receive thousands of calls a year, and do all we can to help people who find themselves in difficulty abroad. But we cannot help people make travel arrangements or lifestyle plans, lend them money, or pay medical and other bills for them. I would urge people to prepare well before they travel, making sure they have valid travel documents and insurance.’


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And it was said ....

I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.

Susan Sontag

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Light relief . . .

Actual complaints from dissatisfied travellers  . . . made me cry with disbelief!

"Although the brochure said that there was a fully equipped kitchen, there was no egg-slicer in the drawers"

"It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair."

"When we were in Spain, there were too many Spanish people there. The receptionist spoke Spanish, the food was Spanish. No one told us there would be so many foreigners."

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Quirky and unusual

6th October is Mad Hatter Day which was introduced in 1986 by a group of computer people in Boulder, Colorado.

The Mad Hatter is a fictional character depicted in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The Mad Hatter is always acting silly so grab yourself a hat and . . . 

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Light relief . . . .

It's the weekend . . . which means . . .  take-away!

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Light relief . . .

Capri, Italy

No flip flops please! 

Locals in Capri, Italy,obviously enjoy a tranquil environment  - there is a ban on ‘noisy footwear’.

Barbados

Forget fashion! It’s illegal to wear or carry any camouflage items on Barbados, unless you're a member of Barbados’ drug and defense forces.

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Light relief . . . One stop shop

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