<p>But it was no ordinary mistake. It was a gaffe which turned the name of the city into 'unwiped bottom'.<br />This happened during Harper's visit to the country's Arctic territory of Nunavat.<br />He was in the provincial capital of Iqaluit to announce development projects when the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) issued the press release with Iqaluit spelt as Iqualuit. <br />The error left the residents flabbergasted.<br />Because the extra 'u' changed the meaning of the city to unwiped bottom. <br />"It means people with unwiped bums," Sandra Inutiq of the office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut was quoted as saying. <br />"It's not exactly a nice term," she said. <br />The Prime Minister's office apologised for the gaffe, calling it a human error that might teach Canadians an important lesson about spelling mistakes, agency reports said.<br />"Hopefully this unfortunate typo, which we have corrected, will inform the greater public that there is no (extra) 'u' in Iqaluit," PMO spokesman Dimitri Soudas was quoted as saying.<br />Major Canadian media outlets also misspelt Iqaluit as Iqualuit.<br /></p>
<p>But it was no ordinary mistake. It was a gaffe which turned the name of the city into 'unwiped bottom'.<br />This happened during Harper's visit to the country's Arctic territory of Nunavat.<br />He was in the provincial capital of Iqaluit to announce development projects when the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) issued the press release with Iqaluit spelt as Iqualuit. <br />The error left the residents flabbergasted.<br />Because the extra 'u' changed the meaning of the city to unwiped bottom. <br />"It means people with unwiped bums," Sandra Inutiq of the office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut was quoted as saying. <br />"It's not exactly a nice term," she said. <br />The Prime Minister's office apologised for the gaffe, calling it a human error that might teach Canadians an important lesson about spelling mistakes, agency reports said.<br />"Hopefully this unfortunate typo, which we have corrected, will inform the greater public that there is no (extra) 'u' in Iqaluit," PMO spokesman Dimitri Soudas was quoted as saying.<br />Major Canadian media outlets also misspelt Iqaluit as Iqualuit.<br /></p>