The user of ‘Farrago’ and ‘Rodomontade’, Indian internet’s resident English tutor Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, has previously been a victim of autocorrect, when he tweeted ‘thang hoog hats’ instead of ‘than ghoonghats’, in a tweet about Padmavati.
Despite being the person who probably makes Twitterati pick up the dictionary the most, Shashi is only human. The internet hangs on to his every word, and a recent slip-up certainly did not go unnoticed. On January 1, Shashi went on Facebook Live, and later tweeted that he was delighted to have 20,000 viewers at lunchtime.
Delighted to have 20,000 live viewers for my #FacebookLive at lunchtime on New Year's Day! Those whom missed it can view it at leisure on https://t.co/z3MGd0mvtg @facebook
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) January 1, 2018
Except, there was one error in the tweet. It should have either been “those who” or “those of whom”. How could Twitter miss their one chance to school THE Shashi Tharoor for grammar?
Oh to be a Tharoor typo, so rare so so significant.
— Shilpa Rathnam (@shilparathnam) January 1, 2018
Was that tweet by an intern?
— Tori R (@RealToriRoy) January 3, 2018
i'm sure it was typing mistake cause the first letter in the next word is the same as the last letter in "whom" :P
— arunesh (@aruneshusrc) January 2, 2018
*whom is an autocorrect. Don't make Dr Tharoor drag you too.
— INC_Tharoorian (@Tharoorian_INC) January 1, 2018
This time, it was author and marketer Suhel Seth’s turn to have some good-natured fun at Shashi’s expense. “Happy New Year. And those ‘who’ missed it or those ‘of’ whom...” he tweeted.
Happy New Year. And those ‘who’ missed it or those ‘of’ whom...https://t.co/WvrjAf4JdA
— SUHEL SETH (@suhelseth) January 1, 2018
This, obviously, did not go unnoticed, even by singer Adnan Sami!
Slam dunk!
— Adnan Sami (@AdnanSamiLive) January 1, 2018
This will go down in history. Someone correcting Tharoorian English is the rarest sight.
— Tarun Khanna (@Tarun_Khannaa) January 1, 2018
Good beginning to 2018. Suhel Seth teaching English to @ShashiTharoor
— Ocean (@MedicinePoint) January 1, 2018
Catching the "Farrago" guy on wrong foot - no one can do better than you.
— Subhash Daga (@Rtsd1965) January 1, 2018
Gotcha moment
— Rajanish (@RajanishKota) January 1, 2018
Well done; While to err is human, Tharoor, through the above tweet has proved that and no one, much less, he himself, is infallible. Having stated this, though Tharoor can feel elated to have YOU among his followers, he should be way of his future tweets!
— JAYARAMAN V S (@JAYARAMANVS) January 2, 2018
Tharoor, however, did clarify, after one Twitter user pointed it out to him. “It was a typo.... the "m" from "missed" got transposed & repeated!” he said.
It was a typo.... the "m" from "missed" got transposed & repeated!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) January 2, 2018
Once he tweeted that, Shashi realised that Suhel had caught it too, and called it another ‘hoong hats’ moment.
Just heard @suhelseth caught it too! All thanks to hasty typing -- should have re-read and deleted but was rushing. Another "hoong hats" moment: Teaches me a lesson to check before pressing "Tweet" https://t.co/sVgh8JI9aF
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) January 2, 2018
Partaking in the friendly banter, Suhel called Shashi ‘adorably kind’
You are adorably kind...happy New Yearhttps://t.co/eTPsAVdLeo
— SUHEL SETH (@suhelseth) January 2, 2018
Capping the episode, Shashi wished Suhel a year of happy and error-free tweeting!
You too Suhel! Happy new year to you too, and happy error-free tweeting! @suhelseth https://t.co/IQvShKTKQ0
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) January 2, 2018
Last year, Shashi Tharoor fell prey to the autocorrect feature. Speaking about the controversy surrounding the upcoming film Padmavati which stars Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, he tweeted “Education more important thang Hoog hats”. While he clarified in a later tweet that “thang hoog hats” was meant to be “than ghoonghats”, people had already started looking up the former phrase.