'Best Job in the World' winner misspells island's name in Twitter post.Byline: ANI Melbourne, July 3 (ANI): Ben Southhall had a rather wayward first day of his 'Best job in the World', when he misspelt the name of the island he was on while writing on his blog. The 34-year-old Briton renamed the tropical island Hayman as 'Hayward' in his Twitter A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages from their cellphones to a group of friends. Launched in 2006, Twitter (www.twitter.com) was designed for people to broadcast their current activities and thoughts. post. In the message, he referred to "leaving the chefs table and chocolate room on Hayward Island after a stunning gastronomic gas·tro·nom·ic also gas·tro·nom·i·cal adj. Of or relating to gastronomy. gas  tro·nom presentation," reports the Courier Mail.
However, the mistake was later corrected. "Looks like it was a wayward first day at the office for Best Job in the World winner Ben Southall," Anthony Dever, on social networking site A Web site that provides a virtual community for people interested in a particular subject or just to "hang out" together. Members create their own online "profile" with biographical data, pictures, likes, dislikes and any other information they choose to post. twocents, posted. "In his first Twitter message from the Whitsundays, Ben got the name of the island he was on incorrect... "Luckily for Ben and Tourism Queensland, an hour and a half later Hayman Island staff or maybe the advertising agency involved with the 'Best Job' campaign alerted him to his mistake and the original Hayward Island reference was replaced with Hayman Island... "After an exhaustive search that involved 36,648 applicants wanting to report their adventures on the Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef, largest complex of coral reef in the world, c.1,250 mi (2,000 km) long, in the Coral Sea, forming a natural breakwater for the coast of Queensland, NE Australia. to a global audience, you'd hope the key selection criteria included knowing the names of where he is enjoying our state's hospitality. "We can't be too tough on Ben, the first day in a new job can be tough. We wish him well during his six month stay in Queensland and look forward to reading his accounts of snorkelling on Dazedream Island and sipping pina coladas pi·ña co·la·da n. A mixed drink made of rum, coconut cream, and unsweetened pineapple juice. [Spanish, strained pineapple : piña, pineapple + colada, strained. from Shamilton Island," he added. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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