There are many times here when it feels like my world is just the smallest bit shifted from “reality”. The things one sees and the things one hears can be confusing.
The language is one of those. The script is very different from western alphabets. Add to that the fact that often signs use a highly stylized form of the writing with extra swirls and flourishes and it can be extremely difficult for a novice to identify the letters, never mind the words.
Some letters have dots above or below the letter that change the letter. For instance the letter (equivalent) to “b” has a dot below it. But the dot above and it is an “n”. Put 2 dots above it and it is a “t”.
I spent a good 5 minutes standing on the side of the road looking at this sign
trying to figure out what that bottom word was. It starts out (right to left) as “al sh” but then there is a “b” and and “r”. It made no sense.
Then I realized that the “dot” on the bottom was a bolt attaching the sign to the post. Doh!
I laughed long enough that the people I were with were a little concerned about what I found so funny.
2 replies on “Just 1 degree out of focus”
this is definately something I would do. : p
except the laughing part.. I’d probably have thrown my hands up in the air and muttered something.
Sometimes I take myself too seriously, but sometimes I can’t help but laugh at myself.