Iqualuit

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It happens to the best of us

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.

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‘People with unwiped bums’

The Prime Minister’s team learns that spelling is hard. And important.