David Akin, National Post, August 18. But the day wasn’t without a snag. A release from the PMO spelled the Nunavut capital as Iqualuit — rather than the proper Iqaluit. The extra ‘u’ makes an Inuktitut word that translates roughly, according to media reports, to “people with unwiped bums.” The typo was later corrected.
Rudyard Griffiths, National Post, September 8. Having recently returned from two weeks on Baffin Island I am struck by the profound disconnect between this summer’s Arctic chest-thumping by our professional political class and the realities of life in the far North. For starters you can’t visit a town such as Iqualuit (population 7,000) and not question the sustainability of large-scale human settlement along the Arctic Circle.
He obviously doesn't read the paper either.
doug_rogers on
Griffiths must apologize immediately for this shameful and unforgivable typo! Heads must roll!
(Sorry, I was channeling Sheila Copps).
Crit_Reasoning on
But what did Griffiths do with the wafer?
Vince Clortho on
Too bad, cause he makes some good points. I guess it also suggests that the Iqaluitians were not so upset by the extra u.
StewartSmith on
In the copy-and-paste era, nothing is simpler than to stick with ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ.
Jack Mitchell on
No ASCII no tell?
tobyornottoby on
Yeah, but if you try and type "ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ", you could still end up slipping and typing "ᐃᖁᐊᓗᐃᑦ" instead.
Dave on
I can't believe that people can get away with posting words like "ᐃᖁᐊᓗᐃᑦ" on a family internet forum like this.
Jack Mitchell on
Yeah, Rudyard, I doubt people have existed up there for more than a few years.
George_Pringle on
ᐊᓇᖅ.
Dave on