Did you poop? Tharoor's light-hearted jibe at Ahmedabad hotel chain

An entire routine in the Outsourced comedy tour by funnyman Russell Peters was dedicated to poking fun at Indian names. Everything from 'Sukhdeep' to 'Prabhjyot', and names which sound awkward (but hilarious) when literally translated to English, came under the guillotine. For the past week, Kerala social media has been alight with Russell-esque interpretations of the 'good names' of unsuspecting foreigners. The trend started with Oliver Kundigraber—a project manager—who went viral on social media after Girish Ramdas, a Keralite, wrote an impassioned post on LinkedIn. "Hi, Oliver, please update your last name as you have become a huge what's app sensation in South India where almost 100m people now are trolling your last name. Kundigrabber in the local language here means someone who grabs other people's asses!! I suggest you change it to Olive. K - this is just a suggestion from a concerned netizen. Cheers! Girish" [sic]. 

After that, the social media sniper fire turned to an Ahmedabad hotel chain, unfortunately named 'Appiitto', that opened shop in Kerala. For those unaware of the poetic intricacies of the Malayalam language, Appiitto literally translates to “did you poop?”. The ensuing humour was not lost on Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor who posted a picture of the hotel on Facebook and had some light-hearted fun at its expense.

“The hilarious consequences of most North Indians’ ignorance of Southern languages! Popular restaurant chain in Ahmadabad recently opened its outlet in Kochi. But the hotel is struggling to find patrons. If they asked a Malayalam-speaker, they would understand why!”, he wrote.

All well and fine Shashi, but, grammar nazi alert, you misspelt Ahmedabad! And, as irate geography dorks have already pointed out on your timeline, Gujarat is not 'north India' either (wags fingers).