A sikh family moved into a house a few street away, a rare thing in those
days. The word "gnikrapon" was painted on the wooden garage doors shortly
afterwards.

Me & my mates assumed that this was some mysterious Indian word & we all
wondered what on earth it meant. It took us months to realise he had tried
to write "noparking" in mirror writing & not got it right.


We used to have an Indian restaurant in town which was set back off the
road. You could drive up to the doors and order the take away.
The sign said "Mum taz" which we all assumed to be the name of the
restaurant and therefore called it that for years. Then an Indian film
on TV showed a car park in Dehli with a sign that said "Car Park" then
"Mum Taz" underneath.
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk