Χωρίς Όνομα and Prawo Jazdy

Χωρίς Όνομα and Prawo Jazdy 30 January 2012

Posted by cooperatoby in Uncategorized.
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I consulted Google Maps the other day for a route to Athens. It contains the surreal instruction: Take the exit toward Choris Onoma/Χωρίς Όνομα. Memories of my schooldays tell me this means “without a name”!

It reminds me of the case from 2009 in which the Irish police tried to prosecute a Pole called Prawo Jazdy for about 50 traffic offences. Prawo Jazdy is Polish for ‘driving licence’.

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