Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/05/23/in-cree-heinz-new-mayochu.html
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It wouldn’t be the first time that a company bit the wax tadpole.
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Well I would have to be mayochup to buy that monstrosity.
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I guess they dodged a bullet, it could have translated into “A gelatinous blend of semen and blood”
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It’s along the same lines as the Audi “e-tron” car.
Audi being German, and quite a few Germans being French speakers, you’d think they would check… But apparently not.
“étron” means “turd” in French.
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Where is Maledicta when you need it?
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Coulda been avoided if they would have just used the correct name: “Fancy Sauce.”
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I fail to see how this translation is incorrect.
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Meanwhile some branding team is trying to figure out how the alien warrior race from the Marvel movies even heard about this product.
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‘MayoChup’
A true culinary delight.
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Apparently the Chevy Nova never sold well in Spanish-speaking countries (“no va” = “it doesn’t go”).
ETA: I guess that story was a non-starter.
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why have two separate gallon jugs you got on sale go bad in your fridge when you can just have one?
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Clearly an inferior product. Look at what we have in Germany.
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Apparently the Chevy Nova never sold well in Spanish-speaking countries (“no va” = “it doesn’t go”).
Urban legend.
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Why is a “dipping sauce” (it’s right on the label) called “fry sauce” instead?
I believe this to be a myth.
However, it is amusing, given the … linguistic richness of terms to describe masturbation, how many cars are named something that means “jerkoff” in another language.
I give you the Buick LaCrosse
and the Mitsubishi Pajero
I think that, mythical as it may be, the case of the Nova lead to companies trying to be more aware of unfortunate connotations for their brand names.
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