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The front page of Večer on August 2, 2004. Click to enlarge.

Yesterday’s edition of the daily newspaper Večer included an unfortunate mix of content and advertising. The headline story, about a bus accident that killed two Slovenian tourists, starts:

Pot na Krf se je končala tragično
(The road to Corfu ends in tragedy)

After reading the gruesome story of the bus, which slammed into a mountainside en route to Corfu, and after seeing a picture of the wreck, the reader might notice the advertisement at the bottom of the page that says:

Danes ob nakupu Večera — turistični priročnik Krf in Jonski otoki za samo 980 SIT.
(If you buy Večer today, get the tourist guide to Corfu and the Ionian islands for only 980 SIT.)

Unfortunate advertising juxtapositions — they can happen to anybody.

Posted on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 to Slovenia

Comments

  • 1

    Question: How does one pronounce the Slovenian word for Corfu?

    It reminds me of some of the language the writer H.P. Lovecraft made up for his Cthulu Mythos stories.

         by The Dark Avenger on August 3, 2004 at 8:49 pm

  • 2

    Tsk tsk. Howzabaout another awesome Slovenian word, CMRLJ (bumblebee)?

    You know the Wheel of Fortune? When you have to “buy” a vowel? Well, us Slovenes just didn’t have the money.

    There was a hilarious article in The Onion back in the day about the bombardment of the BAlkans with vowels.

         by crni on August 3, 2004 at 9:57 pm

  • 3

    I remember that article in The Onion… seen it a few places actually - Operation Vowel Drop

         by Ange. on August 3, 2004 at 11:08 pm

  • 4

    Yeah, the map supplied with the article was hilarious, too.

         by crni on August 4, 2004 at 4:39 am

  • 5

    As for Cmrlj, it’s nice to know that it is featured in the all important Dictionary of All-Consonant Words

    Other dictionaries at that site are also great…

         by vuk on August 8, 2004 at 11:18 pm

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