Not sure if it is true...
...but was told that 'Colgate' translates into Spanish as 'Go hang yourself'.
Imagine the marketing department dealing with that and turning it into a positive.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 10:48, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

hahaha that made me lol
I think Ford made a car once that translated to mean shit in Scandinavian or something.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 10:55, Reply)

The new Audi Q3 which will be made in Spain
sounds in Spanish audi cu-tre, with cutre meaning uncool. So that's the new uncool audi.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Jul 2010, 10:58, Reply)

haha that will amuse me everytime some douchebag barrister
parks one on my office street.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:08, Reply)

Mitsubishi have a pajero
which I think means wanker or something
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:02, Reply)

Yes, it does

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:04, Reply)

See also: Toyota MR2.
Doesn't sound good in French.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:08, Reply)

^ "I like this"

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:13, Reply)

Speaking of French
The baby food manufacturer 'Gerber' had a hard time promoting their brand name as it (sort of) translates to 'vomit'.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:35, Reply)

I think they should stop being so coy about it. I'd love to drive a Fiat Flangeflap.

(Cave Duck, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:11, Reply)

Ford almost did with the Probe
one step away from calling it the Penis
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:18, Reply)

It does
but only if you're talking with argentinian accent. In Spanish it'd be Cuélgate, but aregentinians make the ué sound o, and put the accent in a different place, so yes, it means go hang yourself.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Jul 2010, 10:56, Reply)

This makes me so happy to know.
What a great world.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:37, Reply)

Marketing are a bit busy working on the relaunch of these chocolates

(Cave Duck, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 10:58, Reply)

So that's what happened to Freddy

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:01, Reply)

that is win.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:08, Reply)

The Japanese animated film "Castle in the sky" was originally called "Laputa"
but they had to change it because "puta" is a vulgar term for prostitute in Spanish. Which probably explains why i'm called it all the time in "Red Dead Redemption" when i'm in Mexico.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 11:11, Reply)

In Spanish it's still called Laputa
and we thouthg it was some kind of Hentai.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Jul 2010, 12:14, Reply)