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Entry: Hilarious names for tuk tuks in Bangladesh - A13081916
Author: Isa - U4846932

Just my first article.

Hi Isa!

Thanks for posting this to Peer Review - it's a great idea for an article.

When you say "But the reason for this entry is not to describe tuk tuks..", I'm not so sure. You do a pretty good job of describing them, and the article needs it too.

It does need some work done to it to fit in with the Writing-Guidelines and <./>SubEditors-Style</.>. I suggest you first have a read of those. You've got to remove all the first-person references, for one thing.

Also, your article might need expanding a little. Take a look at a couple of other taxi entries we have - you might find some ideas in these:

A759602 Hailing a Taxi in Cairo, Egypt
A464942 Taxis in Warsaw, Poland

I hope you can get this one into shape. I'd love to read about tuk tuks in the Edited Guide!

Icy

yes after i read the other taxi articles i can see how mines really inadequate. Thanks for the info. Ill have to do some heavy re-editing.

Do keep going though - I enjoyed this It will make a really good Entry with a bit of work.

I don't think yours is "really inadequate" by any means! It just needs a little tidying up and rephrasing, and maybe just a little more information. It doesn't need to be as long as the Cairo entry - I'd aim for something maybe just a little longer than the Warsaw entry, but it's your decision in the end of course.

If you need any assistance with anything, then let us know and we'll point you in the right direction!

I really got a sense of the colourful bustle of Dacca from your writing!

Icy

This entry is for the humorous names we Bangladeshis give them.
"This entry is about the humorous names the bangladeshis give them."

...with a capital 'B' for Bangladeshi

only you dont shout 'Oi Taxi'... you would shout 'Oi Baby' (!!!) However unbelievable this sounds it is true and I invite anyone to inquire about it. ask any born and bred Bangladeshi
"Don"t"
"and anyone is invited"
"inquire...(no fullstop) or after the fullstop Ask starting with a capital.

This one was even smaller, green in colour and had the unique tendency of tipping itself over when cornering.
"green in colour that had ..."

Hello there flyingtwinkle, I think it's much too early to start correcting spelling and punctuation, if Isa is to reword the entry, you're just wasting your, her, and our time

Moving on, these taxis were banned from the capital and a new more fuel efficient model was contrived
here somehow the word "contrived" does not look apprpriate.

a haggling is always in order.

" a little haggling"'
Hi, Isa , I am not trying to put you off it is the only way i spend my spare time --reading h2g2my best wishes.

"if Isa is to reword the entry, you're just wasting your, her, and our time "

Im a he. not she

Oooh, sorry, my sincerest apologies, thought it was short for Isabella

It's funny how once one hears a word, a place name etc etc for the first time, it keeps cropping up all over the place. I'd never heard of tuuk tuks until I read your Entry, and then... on this morning's TV news there was an item about someone driving a tuk tuk from Thailand to England for a charity:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5024812.stm

Thanks for the link BigAl. It's funny, but here ( Germany) a tuck-tuck is (mainly children's language for) a slow car