Adil Najam
The headline used for this photograph by the Daily Times was just too good not to reproduce above.
I do not know if this qualifies as Pinglish or not but the typo - ‘over’ instead of ‘our’; the misplaced space in ‘Friend Ship’; and the grammar slippage in ‘with Pak-China’ are so very charming and so very Pakistani. (or, maybe, it means what it says; i.e., we have an OVER-close friendship with China!)
But please, let no one think I am being a snob in laughing at these mistakes. I really am not. Really.
Its our language too and as a free people we will use it whatever way we want. What better revenge can we have on our erstwhile colonists. Also, I have always subscribed to the notion that ‘Friend Ship is the best Ship of all’ 
nice
i remember reading a banner in english that some fans of asif zardari were carrying when he was in jail - it had some praiseworthy quotes about him, with the authors titled as “all pakistan asif zardari lovers association”
too bad no one told them what a “lover” means - also, during the iraq war, some ladies carried a banner titled “make love, not war”
so much for pinglish
With all those spelling mistakes, enormous difficulties, problems, shortcomings, etc. etc, etc,…………I still love my SWEET-n-SOUR Pakistan…..
[quote comment=”13037″]Phil, point taken. touche. You are right, my mistake… but, as I said, I am a great supporter of Pakistani spellings, including WELL COME.. which actually makes more sense too
I know that is a lame defence… the fact is that the only thing worse than my spelling is my handwriting… that is why I am at a loss without a word processor and a spell-check…
At another date will do a post on what spell check does to Urdu words and names ;-)[/quote] Harhar…
no problem.
Dont ’spellcheck’ Pakistani names
The results have huge side-effects like laughing fits, etc. Egoes get destroyed 