Why Croatia beat England – translation blunder #2

November 26th, 2007 Translation blunders and linguistic gaffes philippa

Tony Henry singing Croatian national anthemn

I just read this post at Naked Translations.com with interest, in the light of my new linguistic gaffes category. Could Tony Henry’s (above) embarrassing mistake when singing the Croatian national anthem have amused the Croats enough to give them the momentum they needed to defeat England? Very topical…!

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