When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.(Via Volokh.)
Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated".
So that was what went up under the English version which barred lorries from a road near a supermarket.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
"E-mail error ends up on road sign":