For instance, it is common to hear people refer to an individual as colonel, only to discover that he is not a member of the armed forces, but that the stripes on his cheeks are the same number as that of the stripes on the uniform of a colonel in the Army.
Piemēram, bieži gadās dzirdēt, ka ļaudis kādu sauc par pulkvedi, taču izrādās, ka viņš nemaz nedienē armijā, bet uz viņa vaigiem ir tikpat daudz svītru, cik uz pulkveža uzplečiem.