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I am just of the relive that the people are not of the yell at me. I, Day of teh yest, Was of the send of the :great Marking screw-ups" to my teacher of teh spanish. She was of teh loud. Laugh. Down there is the mail of the e witch I was send to her.

(sorry, I am lazy musch o fteh also to Engrishaffy)

Subject: Great Marketing Screw Ups

1. Coors put its slogan, "Turn it loose," into Spanish where it was read as "Suffer from diarrhea".

2. Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: Nothing sucks like an Electrolux.

3. Clairol introduced the "Mist Stick", a curling iron, into German only to find out that "mist" is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the "manure stick".

4. When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the beautiful Caucasian baby on the label. Later they learned that in Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the label of what's inside, since most people can't read.

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

6. An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of "I saw the Pope" (el papa), the shirts read "I saw the potato" (la papa).

7. Pepsi's "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave", in Chinese.

8. Frank Perdue's chicken slogan, "it takes a strong man to make a tender chicken" was translated into Spanish as "it takes an aroused man t o make a chicken affectionate".

9. The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Ke-kou-ke-la", meaning "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 "ko-kou-ko-le", translating into "happiness in the mouth".

10. When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, "it won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you". Instead, the company thought that the word "embarazar" (to impregna te) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: "It won't leak in your pocket and m ake you pregnant".

11. The Chevrolet Nova was supposedly marketed in Mexico only to find out that "No-Va" means No Go in Spanish and, therefore it was a flop.

I know it legend of the urban. Aware of this I am. It just is worth the share. Fell me.