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2006-08-23 02:21:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It wasn't something I saw on a product, it was something someone said to me.
During 1991 I was travelling by train from what was West Germany to Berlin, which was in what was East Germany. At the time, the East Germans didn't have a lot of English due to the fact that until just a few months previously, they were officially an Eastern Bloc Iron Curtain country (in the Cold War era). However, this East German bloke realised that I was an English speaker and tried to tell me the train would be late.
He said: "The train is retarded."
2006-08-23 02:36:29 · answer #1 · answered by Orla C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In China there are too many to mention.
If you are walking in a park you will see signs telling you not to tread on the trees or pick the trees up. Ofcourse , they mean plants or grass.
As for products , I once saw red onion described as violent onion. I think they misspelt violet.
Also , there is a common sign in toilets telling you to beware of the slippery floor. In one Mongolian bar in Hohhot , this is translated as "Beware of the land slide".
2006-08-23 02:35:45 · answer #2 · answered by XiaoMei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
became 'The gay Lord' on New North highway Hainault? Cos there became once one there, and that became the single which at the moment sprung to my concepts ....... x Slinky - I used to bypass in Kraxi .... continuously made me snort too ... I used to stay basically around the nook from it.
2016-11-27 00:30:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm told that a Fiat Punto (popular car in Europe) translates into a Fiat "small penis" in Portuguese slang. They eventually had to call it something else when it wasn't selling well in Portugal.
2006-08-23 02:29:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A shops title which i saw in Bihar , India which was basically a shop that sold liquor.
Child Bear
This actually meant CHILLED BEER
2006-08-23 05:25:08 · answer #5 · answered by frappe179 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chevy Nova -- it didn't sell at all in Mexico, because "Nova" means "doesn't go" in Spanish!
2006-08-23 02:31:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a ton (and more) over here:
http://www.engrish.com/
2006-08-23 02:30:39 · answer #7 · answered by Gungnir 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the famous hair shampoo 'schwarzkopf' means black head!
2006-08-23 02:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by filmcriticjournalist 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
do not tubble dry
2006-08-23 02:28:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋