Shashi Tharoor, known for impeccable English, trolled for wrong spelling
What's the story
Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Shashi Tharoor, is known for his marvellous command over English. When he speaks, Englishmen listen and when he tweets, we often need a dictionary to understand it. However, on March 15, something differenr happened. Instead of looking into the dictionary, people wanted the 63-year-old to open one. Here is what happened.
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Tharoor misspells 'Ahmadabad', locates it in 'North' India
Last week, Tharoor, mocked an Ahmedabad-based restaurant chain, 'Appiitto', which recently opened a branch in Kerala retaining the name. The word in Malayalam means 'Did you poop?' With an intention of cracking a joke, Tharoor tweeted the picture of the restaurant and not only misspelled Ahmedabad as 'Ahmadabad' but also, wrote, "The hilarious consequences of most North Indians' ignorance of Southern languages!"
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The hotel is struggling to find patrons, informs Tharoor
The hilarious consequences of most North Indians’ ignorance of Southern languages! Popular restaurant chain in Ahmadabad recently opened its outlet in Kochi. But the hotel is struggling to find patrons. If they asked a Malayalam-speaker, they would understand why! pic.twitter.com/tsTMasui3l
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) March 15, 2019
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Some trolled Tharoor, some defended him, some gave Malayalam lessons
Tharoor's obvious faux pas was not missed by netizens, who trolled him relentlessly. Thus, it wasn't surprising to find some people asking the politician to spell-check and take geography lessons. Meanwhile, others poked fun at him, but there were a few who defended him. And then there were people who took it upon themselves to enlighten all with what 'Appiitto' means in Malayalam.
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We have 100+ languages. Should we learn all, asks one
While this is funny Shashi, but two things:
— Pankaj Bengani (@pankaj_bengani) March 15, 2019
1. Gujarat is Western India. Why you guys love labeling? If you do, label all 4 parts of India, please.
2. We have 100+ languages. Should we learn all? How many of you Malayalis know Gujarati or even Hindi. Isn't it ignorance?
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'A senior politician should know his geography, check spellings'
Funny this 👆
— Mayi (@luvfloranfauna) March 16, 2019
Also funny is the proverbial 'Pot' telling the proverbial 'kettle' to do research!
A businessman should research the local language before his venture and a senior politician should know his geography check spellings before tweeting!! 😀
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Defense: 'You can't even be funny without being certified national'
Hahah..! However, more number of ppl offended by the typo error in Ahmedabad’s spelling than laughing at an otherwise well intended joke shows you can’t even be funny without being certified national!
— nihal mohammed (@nihal_606) March 15, 2019
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Tharoor was also trolled for confusing Lord Mahavir with Buddha
This wasn't the first time Tharoor was trolled on Twitter. Earlier in March 2018, he had posted the image of Gautam Buddha on 'Mahavir Jayanti'. Twitterati trolled him for the blunder. At first, he defended himself but later, decided to apologize for the mistake and put the matter to rest. Also, he shamed others who end up deleting similar posts rather than accepting mistake.