Not much, right? They do in Pakistan. Courtesy of my friend Sue in Prague, I bring you this:
On your left is the picture of the flag of the Czech Republic. On your right is a ‘Check’ (or, rather, checkered flag; often used in car racing. The two should never be confused. Except for the fact that ‘Czech’ is pronounced as ‘check.’
Ordinarily, this should not be a problem. But right now the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic is visiting Islamabad, and the Capital’s PR people have adorned a number of (very) large banners to welcome him in the spirit of good hospitality. The only problem is that instead of putting the ‘Czech’ flags on the banners, they have ‘Check’ flags!
I'm always gleeful when someone other than the U.S. president makes a gaffe of this nature. I bet (Czech PM) Topolanek was mighty confused, though.