Some of my personal favorites:
As of when I left the states three years ago, Toyota still proudly wrote on
some of their pickups the acronym for Toyota Racing Development ("TRD", just
pronounce it :-)
Maybe urban legend, but General Motors had to quickly change the name of one of
their early economy car after introducing it to the Latin American market, not
considering that "Nova" literally means "it doesn't go" (no va);
Bumper stickers aren't very popular here in Ecuador, but one of the few that
I've seen is for a famous Chinese restaurant in Quito, which reads (with the
heart symbol) "I love Ho's".
;; Gary
On Dec 26, 2010, at 12:27 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
> Hard to believe. Sorta like when I convinced Shell Oil NOT to name their new
> research group SHell Institute of Technology!
>
> http://www.bloomingtonalternative.com/articles/2010/12/25/10621
>
> -- Owen
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