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Sephiroth

stupid humor

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in a communications class i remeber a few humorous things about advertising.
translate our common phrase "got milk" into spanish it asks "are you lactating?"
cars have been horribly sold too. one american car ment "rusty" in some other language. also i think a ford car ment "slut" in german or russian.
there was an italian drink, 70's, called rotten. a russian soft drink called penis.
I know pepsi translates into placenta in some pacific asian language.
nike named a shoe the incubus, this was a few years back. recalled after a few days.
I cant think of any others right now, had a much bigger list.

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Sephiroth said:

translate our common phrase "got milk" into spanish it asks "are you lactating?"


Eh?

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?tengo leche? = do you have milk?

do you have milk + vulgar english = got milk?

QTW, there was a shampoo in japan called pee.

as for nike (not that I buy or like any of their shoes) they named a shoe after the haruchai. they were a kick ass race of fighter in the cchronicles of thomas covenant the unbeliver, by stephen r. donaldson. thats something not many picked up on.

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a 'mitshubishi pajero' in spain would be a 'mitsubishi whore'. and 'paska', finnish for 'shit', is a traditional bread in russia.

i've had quite a bunch of laffs at the engrish site over the years.

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I good example of how the western civilisation is suffused with christianity while the far eastern are suffused with buddhism.

Misunderstandings WILL ensue.

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Xian said:

coca cola is an insult in some language, cant rememebr which


Heh, it's an insult to the guts in any.

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Our Engrish is being every bit so clever as yours, you Engrishers could suck it!

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When Chevy tried to market their car, the Nova, in Spanish speaking countries, they had to change the name because Nova in Spanish translates as "no go" (No va) or "won't go".

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Nissan was originally going to call the Centra " The Nissan Banshee"

Turns out a Banshee is an evil Irish ghost.

Damn Irish.

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