N/G , some strange (to us) product names from Europe

[PhilK66]

Pschitt, french soft drink
Bimbo, spanish sliced loaf
Bonk, Dutch biscuit

And now a german rice salad available in Portugal: Klitoris

Would hate to be a marketing manager tasked with promoting any of these products in the UK.

 

[madrid_gill]

Bonk, Dutch biscuit

There's also Bonka coffee over here.

 

[Trev_GFC]

Lays

 

[Gilles Lingam]

.... And now a german rice salad available in Portugal: Klitoris...

I enjoyed some german klitoris on a campsite in Greece many years ago

 

[jokerman]

There’s Durex antifreeze in the US.

 

[PhilK66]

There’s Durex antifreeze in the US.

Maybe OSK will advise but isn't durex cling film in Oz?

 

[timnolongerinbrisban]

I enjoyed some german klitoris on a campsite in Greece many years ago

Fake news - doesn’t exist, or at least I’ve never found it.

 

[PhilK66]

Fake news - doesn’t exist, or at least I’ve never found it.

Just to be clear, you've never found any german klitorises?

 

[timnolongerinbrisban]

Just to be clear, you've never found any german klitorises?

Married to an Australian- they’re optional Down Under

 

[ThreeSixes]

Smeg fridges

 

[londongills]

Bum bum ice cream (Germany)

 

[Trev_GFC]

Horlicks (British I know).

 

[Alderman Barnes]

There's no way that Klitoris thing is true, becase Klitoris is the German word for, well you know what.

You can get this though:

But it's originally from Denmark, and we all know what dirty buggers they are.

 

[PhilK66]

There's no way that Klitoris thing is true, becase Klitoris is the German word for, well you know what.

You can get this though:

But it's originally from Denmark, and we all know what dirty buggers they are.

My neighbour sent me this photo this morning from Portugal:

 

[Gilles Lingam]

(thailand ... ok, not europe ... but, hey, fuk kiow_)

 

[Alderman Barnes]

That's not German, it's Swedish. But even then, I can't believe that Klitoris isn't Swedish for, well you know what.

 

[Alderman Barnes]

It says here that it's rice that has been pre-cooked to make it easy to achieve a smooth, creamy consistency when cooking fish, so make of that what you will.

 

[ARFUR CONNELL]

Anyone can make a mistake. Years ago Rolls-Royce named a car destined for European markets & found that the name was offensive in Germany. Can't remember what it was called, but perhaps somebody on here can.

 

[PhilK66]

Wasn't "Puff the Magic Dragon" song banned from radio in Germany because of a word/words that sounded like a bad word in german?

 

[OneSirKeefy]

Anyone can make a mistake. Years ago Rolls-Royce named a car destined for European markets & found that the name was offensive in Germany. Can't remember what it was called, but perhaps somebody on here can.

I think the Holden (Vauxhall?) Nova didn’t sell well in Hispanic speaking countries where it means No Go or Not Going or similar.