Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Monday, 10 November 2014

Lost in Translation

Today, needing to know the value of a tugrik, the monetary unit of Mongolia, I opened up Google on the Hudl, but thought I would emulate the smart-arse on the Google talk advert and just said “Google, what is the exchange rate for the Mongolian tugrik”, which generated two interpretations on the screen for me to choose between: one was spot on and gave me the rate of £0.00034 to the tugrik; the alternative was “what is the exchange rate for the Mongolian to Greggs”, the answer to which may be useful next time I want to buy a sausage roll in Ulaanbaatar.

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