moronland.net — "The Dairy Association's huge success with the campaign "Got Milk?" prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention the Spanish translation read "Are You Lactating?" "
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rationalistDec 18, 2006
Amazingly, "Digg" translates to "will believe anything on the Intarnets" in virtually every human language*.*And several variants of Klingon, too.
Closed AccountDec 18, 2006
'manure' and 'crap'? Who da thunk it???It also means 'droppings' and 'dung' too! Those crazy krauts and there silly multi-meaning language!!!
mutatronDec 18, 2006
Good name for a band, although possibly too reminiscent of "Toad the Wet Sprocket".
olexijDec 18, 2006
2-3 years ago a foreign mineral water was very unsuccessful in Ukraine. It was called "Blue water", which means "puke" in Ukrainian.
zonk3rDec 18, 2006
The Chevy Nova story is false too:<a class="user" href="http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp">http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp</a>Makes you wonder about the rest of them...
andreas1999Dec 18, 2006
If this slogan is true (I doubt it) it was probably used years ago, when "suck" still meant suck in America..Just checked Wikipedia:In the 1950s, the company successfully marketed vacuums in the United Kingdom with the slogan "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux."[1][2] British consumers took the slogan literally, because "sucks" as a term of disparagement is strictly an Americanism. However, Americans often incorrectly believe that this was a brand blunder.The slogan has been adapted by minicomputer geeks as "Nothing sucks like a VAX", punning on the UK competitor vacuum brand Vax[3].
bevansdesignDec 18, 2006
That was from the US, but their improper use of slang is why I mention it here.
phrodusDec 19, 2006
Yeah of course Nova is a mistranslation! Clearly No Va = Nova.........Just like The Rapist = Therapist! And you know how all Americans are afraid of therapy because they are want to avoid rape!/sarcasm
bitcloudDec 19, 2006
"Happiness in the mouth" is still pretty suspect...
nicolay77Dec 20, 2006
That's true.Another car with a strange brand is the new "Volante"."Volante" means steering wheel in spanish.Yeahh the "Steering wheel" car.