Message #25: The wages of sin

(Message sent Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:16:40 -0700)

Here are another couple of examples of interesting English use. These were both signs, and in both cases the English is perfectly well-formed, but still you'd not see their like in New Zealand. The first example comes from a sign on the wall at Bhavnagar airport, apparently an official proclamation from the Indian Airports Authority. It went like this:

"The honest have value. The corrupt have a price. Those who earn through dishonest means are destroyed."

The other example offers some good advice. It was on a sign on Elephanta Island. It said:

"Don't get too friendly with monkeys."

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