When German Words Go Astray

“For many, it might not seem like an error. But a misprint in a tourist pamphlet aimed at visitors to the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Düsseldorf in just over a week’s time, has left organizers a tad embarrassed. In a guide booklet to accompany the event, a ‘Gay’s Day of Action’ has been listed instead of the actual ‘School Event Day,’ a single letter error that conflates the German words schwul, for gay, and Schule, for school.”