Hospidali (Hospidal)

Hospital, infirmary. Close to the East Tallinn Central Hospital Emergency Medicine Department (Ida-Tallinna Keskhaigla Erakorralise Meditsiini Osakond). This sweet little street existed quite happily as it was until, one day, somebody noticed – crashing chords, minor key – it was orthographically incorrect. The ‘d’ should have been ‘t’ and, mutatis mutando, mutato nomine, it metamorphosed into Hospitali. But they had not taken vox pop into account: the locals trashed it and kept on saying ‘d’. The Street-name Commission folded. See Ravi.