Shashi Tharoor keeps stunning people with his priceless treasure of fancy English words. From ‘farrago’ which means hotchpotch to ‘puerile’ which means silly, his knowledge of English vocabulary is far-flung and impressive. But the master of the language himself made a goof up in one of his recent tweets where he tried to troll a newly opened restaurant.
A popular food chain from Ahmedabad called ‘Appitto 9’ opened its outlet in Kochi lately. Tweeting about the ‘hilarious consequence’ of North Indians’ ignorance of South’, Tharoor wrote that the hotel is struggling to find patrons in the city. Reason? The word ‘Appitto’ translates to ‘Did you poop?’ in Malayalam.
But while taking a dig at the restaurant, Tharoor wrote ‘Ahmadabad’ instead of ‘Ahmedabad’! And obviously, the internet spares none!
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
While some laughed it off, others pinpointed Tharoor’s goof up. Some also reminded him that ‘Gujrat’ is not North but West India.
While this is funny Shashi, but two things:
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?
— Pankaj Bengani (@pankaj_bengani) March 15, 2019
How to write #Ahmedabad in Shashi ji's English ? 😂😂
— Kajal Vision 🇮🇳 (@kajalgshilu) March 17, 2019
Everything north of kanyakumari is North India
— Sachin Shah (@sshah_sachin) March 15, 2019
Everything north of kanyakumari is North India
— Sachin Shah (@sshah_sachin) March 15, 2019
First of all it's Ahmedabad!
Second of all, calling Ahmedabad, a city of Gujarat, a part of North India is as same as calling all the South Indians "Madrasi"
I expect better things from you! 😊
— Naveen Bagga (@naveenbagga1) March 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/likeicare___/status/1106746128643563521
Ahmedabad in North 🤔
— SoShai (@mshillyfilly) March 15, 2019
imagine the person who answers the phone at the reception, 'Good morning, Appiitto'
— Babish VB (@babishvb) March 16, 2019
Though the pun made by Shashi Tharoor in his tweet is hilarious once you find out the translation of ‘Appitto’, the comments will leave you in splits! The Internet is lenient with none, not even the human-dictionary, Tharoor!