1 Jul
2009
1 Jul
'09
2:26 a.m.
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Roger Pugh <rogpugh at mac.com> wrote:
To continue the Automotive theme..
Mitsubishi Starion was reputedly supposed to be called the Stallion but the
marketing dept in Japan had told the Australians marketing dept by phone.
By the time the mistake was noticed in Japan it was too late and so the
name was kept!
Also the Toyota MR2 sports car when pronounced in french sounds very much
like Toyota Merde (Toyota sh1t)
Slightly more on-topic is arcade game names - Pacman was originally called
Puckman but the designers were concerned about the inevitable cabinet
vandalism to swearify the name. Donkey Kong should of course been called
Monkey Kong but that got lost in the translation, as did Continental Circus
which should've been Continental Circuit :)
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