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I arrived in Turkey exactly one year ago today. Most of these photos were taken in Turkey. This entry is mainly a celebration of the subtle mistakes that we make with one another's languages. I assure you that this is all in good fun. In no way am I aiming to insult anyone here. I make more mistakes than this on a daily basis with my Turkish...

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Photos

free to watch
free to watch him making the shop?

camel rides
From my experience, "nice" isn't quite the word for it. It's a good effort though...

Oriental Batman
There was nothing very "Batman" about this antique shop (Hama, Syria).

rock on with your phonetic spelling
in the old town, Damascus, Syria

Catching some Z's...
Palmyra, Syria

Flinstones Cave Bar
I guess using a classic children's cartoon to advertise a bar is not that funny. I think it's the fact that they chose an image of the family driving that made it seem extra warped to me (Göreme, Turkey).

"New Mosque"
perhaps it's time for a "new" name?

you're welcome.
(I did three cartwheels and a backflip on my way out of the mosque...)

tourist information...
I think my favorite sentence is "In order to feel the violations, there are two colons at the entrance of the room."

Really?
as if it were Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy...

menu 1
The dangers of translating literally from a dictionary. "Acısız" means "not hot and spicy," but I think I like their version better.
And "Chenking" is a lovely spelling mistake...

menu 2
Mmmmm, the Paunch Soup sounds delicious...

having a special time...
Damascus, Syria

on the occasion of Kosovo's independence
Actually, I stole this one from the internet. "YU" of course refers to Yugoslavia. Congratulations and good luck to you, Kosovo!

Comments

[Christine]

Oohh, signs and translations are so much fun! Love it! Hope you are doing well!!

[Dr. Klima]

Priceless!
I could not even make this stuff up! It belongs in our ESL mistake book, "Germs of Eloquence." Save these!! These are definite "germs" for keeping!

[Masha!]

<3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!