Products with badly chosen names

[Chris S]

 

[Chris S]

 

[presta]

There’s a contractor near me with a trade name on his van of Sparks and Gas

 

[presta]

 

[Beebo]

It would be interesting to know which standard British products are hilarious innuendos to those silly foreigners.

 

[Dirk]

Not a product but a clothing shop in India.

 

[MichaelW2]

It would be interesting to know which standard British products are hilarious innuendos to those silly foreigners.

The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as “Kekoukela,” which means “Bite the wax tadpole” or “female horse stuffed with wax” depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent, eventually settling on “kokou kole,” which translates as “happiness in the mouth.

 

[Saluki]

Every time I see one of these, I always think the last letter is a "D"

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So do I. Been calling to Cafe Nerd for a decade until about 6 months ago when a friend got a bit sniffy with me.

 

[raleighnut]

This causes some confusion 'down under'

 

[ColinJ]

 

[Beebo]

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America is full of this type of silliness.

 

[ColinJ]

America is full of this type of silliness.
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PHIL!!!!

 

[captain nemo1701]

In the 70's, Jasper Carrot used to go on about an Aussie brand of sticky tape called Durex...could be amusing going into a UK stationery shop asking for a roll. Any Aussies can confirm this?. And apparently, Durex did sponsor a race car but it ended up in the pit stop....with a puncture.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

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I remember the Ayds cubes, the idea was you chewed a couple before a meal and they killed your appitite.

 

[Drago]