The 100th Advertising Blooper!

Dear Friends,

Here in this ad there is a mistake in the headline. The word "કરો" should have been there instead of "કરા" .

There is also a punctuation error in the second point of the body copy. There is a full stop instead of a question mark and it changes the meaning.

This is the 100th Blooper that I have come across. I think  proof reading the copy before release,  which is a very important part of any communication, is given the least importance. Do let me know your comments.

Regards
Nikhil Joshi 

Mistake in Headline!!

Friends,

Sorry, I had been occupied a bit and could not bring you advertising bloopers, though I used to come across them.

Here is a one where the headline has mistakes. The mistake is in the word "દરરોજ" There is a space in between the words which could give a different meaning.

Moreover there are mistakes in the word "ઉઠું" and "જોઉં" also.

This ad was carried in Chitralekha.

Do visit the blog and post your comments.

Regards
Nikhil 

Happy New Year

Dear Friends,

Thank you very much for reading my blog on a regular basis. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year. Do keep reading the blog.

Regards
Nikhil Joshi

Intel Blooper Rectified.

Hello Friends,

Today the correct ad has been released in the Gujarati Newspaper Sandesh.

I am glad that the mistake pointed out has been taken a note of and a proper ad has been released.

Do let me know if you come across any such advertising bloopers.

Regards
Nikhil

Blooper in Intel Advertisement

Friends,

Here the advertisement has mistake in writing the Gujarati word "ya"  This mistake of the letter ય "ya" and ચ "cha" is very common.

However here the entire word has also been spelled incorrectly. The letter even if it had been correctly put would have gone wrong.

કરીએ  is the perfect word.

Many times words with errors like these, since it does not have any meaning,  while reading the reader might  lose his interest and the purpose of the advertisement might be lost.

Do send me your comments and keep reading the blog as always.

Regards
Nikhil

MY FM Blooper

Dear Friends,

Sometimes a small punctuation error could lead you to a trouble.

This error of punctuation of a comma has changed the meaning of the ad.

The comma should have been after the word ગોળી. This has changed the meaning of a sensitive copy in the headline.

Apart from that there is an error in the word સરહદ in the body copy which has been written in a wrong way in the headline as well as the copy.

Specifically when there is an ad like this which involves countries utmost care should be taken.

Do send in your comments.

Regards
Nikhil

Gender Related Error in Translation!!

Dear Friends,

After a long time I came across a good example of a blooper. Though I have been seeing many ads with small errors but have not been uploading them.

This headline relates to a girl introducing readers about the best "Paani Puri Maker" (normally they are males) and then she says its her mummy!

The same copy could have been written મળો શહેરની  શ્રેષ્ઠ  પાણીપૂરી બનાવનારને. મારી મમ્મી  ને !

Friends please send in your comments about this blooper.

Regards
Nikhil