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The name Coca-Cola in China was first rendered as Ke-kou-ke-la. Unfortunately, the Coke company did not discover until after thousands of signs had been printed that the phrase means "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax" depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, "ko-kou-ko-le," which can be loosely translated as "happiness in the mouth."

In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" came out as "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead."

Also in China, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan "finger-lickin' good" came out as "eat your fingers off."

When General Motors introduced the Chevy Nova in South America, it was apparently unaware that "no va" means "it won't go." After the company figured out why it wasn't selling any cars, it renamed the car in it's Spanish markets to the Caribe.

When Parker Pen marketed a ballpoint pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to say "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." However, the company mistakenly thought the spanish word "embarazar" meant embarrass. Instead the ads said that "It wont leak in your pocket and make you pregnant."

An American t-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of the desired "I Saw the Pope" in Spanish, the shirts proclaimed "I Saw the Potato."

Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.

In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water translated the name into Schweppes Toilet Water.
 
Lavinda Past said:
The name Coca-Cola in China was first rendered as Ke-kou-ke-la. Unfortunately, the Coke company did not discover until after thousands of signs had been printed that the phrase means "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax" depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, "ko-kou-ko-le," which can be loosely translated as "happiness in the mouth."

In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" came out as "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead."

Also in China, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan "finger-lickin' good" came out as "eat your fingers off."

When General Motors introduced the Chevy Nova in South America, it was apparently unaware that "no va" means "it won't go." After the company figured out why it wasn't selling any cars, it renamed the car in it's Spanish markets to the Caribe.

When Parker Pen marketed a ballpoint pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to say "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." However, the company mistakenly thought the spanish word "embarazar" meant embarrass. Instead the ads said that "It wont leak in your pocket and make you pregnant."

An American t-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of the desired "I Saw the Pope" in Spanish, the shirts proclaimed "I Saw the Potato."

Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.

In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water translated the name into Schweppes Toilet Water.
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In England, the phrase “This means more” was translated from the scouse as “Liverpool are shit.”
 
John Deacon was the only member of Queen who was adamant that the band should not continue after Freddie Mercury's death.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's over. There's no point in continuing. Replacing Freddie is impossible, "the bassist said.
He only rejoined Queen to complete the band's final album, "Made in Heaven", and participated in the recording of "No-One But You", the group's only single without Mercury, released in 1997. Live appearances included the Mercury tribute concert in 1992, a fund-raising event with Roger Taylor at Midhurst in 1993, and the opening of the Paris Ballet in 1997, performing "The Show Must Go On" with Elton John.
To keep things quiet, Deacon reached an agreement with Brian May and Roger Taylor, allowing them to use the band name and do whatever they wanted, as long as they consulted him on important decisions, such as touring with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert, releasing compilations, approving musicals and, of course, the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody."
"Most of the time, he doesn't even respond. He just takes the checks, "Taylor once said.
"We don't keep in touch because John is such a sociopath. He's given his blessing to what Brian and I can do with the Queen brand. And we've benefited a lot from that, "Taylor added.
Deacon lives solely off the proceeds of Queen's successes in the golden years, which is perhaps why he doesn't want to take more credit than he deserves or spend on rock star luxuries.

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The World revolves around Cleethorpes!

Cleethorpes is one of the places in the World where you can stand with one foot on each side of the Greenwich meridian. That is all:

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