Lost in Translation.......

Hi everybody, thank you from the bottom of my heart, for all your kind words. You people are very comforting indeed. I think it's time for some gradual therapy for the G-man...
For the last several posts, we have had some fun with the translated word, thanks mostly to the beautiful and talented Mona. But not all translated words and phrases come out like they should..Here are a few, that came out a little askew....

I China, KFC's slogan " Finger Licking Good", was translated as "Eat Your Fingers Off"!!
And the phonetic adaptation of Coca-Cola was "Bite The Wax Tadpole"...
( I think thats my new catch phrase..Bite the Wax Tadpole..Chode face! )

In Taiwan, Pepsi's " Come Alive With Pepsi" came out as "Pepsi Will Bring Your Ancestors Back From The Dead"...

Japans 2nd largest tourist agency, had to change it's name because it was attracting very strange callers, it's name was...Kinki Nippon Tourism.

When Pope John Paul II visited Miami, the Spanish section of town had T-Shirts printed up for his arrival. They were supposed to say, "I saw the Pope". Instead they all read "I saw the Potato"...

Braniff Airlines once wanted to promote the fact that they had comfortable leather seats.
But when the ad campain for Hispanic speaking people, used a slang term for leather...It also meant a persons hide as well, it came out as.."Fly Braniff in the Nude"..

A frozen food Mfr. used the word Barruda to describe it's burrito line. They didn't realize that it was a slang term for ' Huge Mistake '!

In one of it's shoe commercials, Nike showed a Kenyan Runner looking into the camera and speaking in his native language of Maa, he was supposed to have said" Just Do It" .
But what he really said was, "I Don't Want These, Give Me Bigger Ones"..

The Swedish Company that makes Electrolux Vaccuum Cleaners, once tried to market them in Europe by saying..."Nothing Sucks Like an Electrolux"...That never hit the airwaves!!

And Finally, what macho Brazilian male would have driven a Ford Pinto? That happens to be a Portuguese slang term for" small male genitals". In Brazil, Ford changed the name to "Corcel", which means horse!

I'm so glad we don't have that problem here in Blogland, aren't you? Enjoy this beautiful day everyone..... Peace......... Galen.