A Place Called “Paksitan”

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It’s been mistyped on websites, documents and brochures, and my heart stops each time I read it. There was almost a cardiac arrest incurred when I got this email, sent through a mass mailing list.. I’ve blurred out the name of the parent company but I’m sure this was sent to so many places, once you tally the letters, you’d probably figure it out.

Come on people – The saying is that we’re proud to be Pakistanis and not “Paksitanis”… Don’t spell checks count for anything?! Where’s all this Intelligent Technology being wasted? I’d imagine this is the corporate mis-representation of a company and certain the national mis-representation of a country…