This photograph was taken by Talha Masood on a Pakistan Railways train from 
Islamabad to Lahore. It first appeared, under this headline, in Talha’s weblog, My Cosmos, which is a wonderful chronicle on the life and times of Islamabad.
For a picture taken by a cellphone camera, its quality is very good. But more than that, here is another example on Pinglish in action. Note the space between ‘N’ and ‘K’ and how it makes all the difference.
For more on the meaning of Pinglish see ATP’s first blogpost on the subject.
Adil,
On my last trip to Karachi i was horrified to read some English signboards…They were definitely in pinglish! One of the more funnier one was outside a Kebab roll place in Tariq Road “Cheeken Rolles” and the other one which i found troubling was “Erthquak Veectims blood donation” Why bother writing in english? Why not just write in Urdu?
:) I am obliged…
There are these billboards in Karachi, which have been sponsored by the Karachi Municipality and I swear to you the say, and I quote, “Love to soil Pakistan”…
can you believe it? lol! cracked me up.
Pinglish has been around for sometime. In the 1970’s, a relative from the UK on holiday was already saying,
“Othe bintraN vich cold nae lagdee; housaN ‘ch HeataN chchadiyaN hundiyaN ne…”
hahaha that was Kool … I wonder if it was taken at some water filtration plant??