| Brickie
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| 860099. Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:01 am |
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It's actually rather nice, like eating the middle bit out of a Lindor chocolate. |
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| Brickie
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| 860101. Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:03 am |
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Also ...
It's still going ...
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| Gavin
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| 860500. Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:43 pm |
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I remember Top Gear showing a new Jaguar called the "Growler".
They said they were surprised and shocked at what they found on Google.[/b] |
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| bobwilson
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| 860506. Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:55 pm |
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| Gavin wrote: | I remember Top Gear showing a new Jaguar called the "Growler".
They said they were surprised and shocked at what they found on Google.[/b] |
Without actually googling - Growler only brings to mind icebergs for me |
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| Janet H
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| 860756. Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:57 am |
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| Apparently it has rude connotations too! |
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| crissdee
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| 860763. Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:11 am |
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Horse-drawn cabs in Victorian London were also called "growlers"
See the assorted works of one Sir A Conan Doyle for examples.
In fact just see aforesaid works for a damn good read, as I am sure my chum tetsabb will agree! |
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| soup
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| 860969. Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:56 pm |
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| bobwilson wrote: | | Gavin wrote: | I remember Top Gear showing a new Jaguar called the "Growler".
They said they were surprised and shocked at what they found on Google.[/b] |
Without actually googling - Growler only brings to mind icebergs for me |
wasn't it actually a German designed car as they made fun of the name in a cod German accent saying " it vos a name for ein ladee garten". |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 860985. Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:32 pm |
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| Our German friends told us many years ago about the English firm of scent manufacturers who, delighted with the success of their product Autumn Mist, decided to market it in Germany without first changing the name. They didn't sell many bottles, and eventually a bit of rudimentary market research revealed that the Autumn part was OK (same in both languages), but that by Mist a German understands manure. |
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| Brickie
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| 861177. Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:02 pm |
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German for Autumn is actually Herbst. But Mist definitely means "manure".
"Mucking out" a stable is "Ausmisten"... |
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| cornixt
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| 861198. Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:17 pm |
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| I store my beer in growlers (half gallon jugs). Very common now for brew-pubs to fill one up for you to take home. My local Shell station has over 50 taps of different beers that I can choose from to get filled, seems very odd to find such a wide selection of beer in what looks like a normal gas station. |
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| Sergei
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| 861255. Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:58 pm |
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| A similar story - and one almost certainly true, as the product still exists - is told here of the liqueur Irish Mist. In fact I had a running joke about this with a Swiss girlfriend, and would send her Irish Mist coasters, etc. |
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| Starfish13
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| 861410. Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:59 am |
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The Ghanaian equivalent of ketchup, served with everything. And despite the name and that it appears to be made of mashed fish, oil and hot chillies, its rather tasty too. |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 861452. Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:01 pm |
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| Brickie wrote: | | German for Autumn is actually Herbst. |
You are of course correct. Now whether our German friends meant that some knowledge of English was sufficiently widespread in their neck of the woods, or whether Autumn was a part of their German ('appen one o' them dialect words, sithee), I don't know. It all happened in excess of 30 years ago. |
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| Gooische Vrijgezel
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| 861641. Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:42 pm |
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Fiat Croma (car brand, butter brand).
There will be many of 'em in "funny" picdumps.
My last name matches silly English products related to farming.
A product that really exists can be funny too in a way, e.g. Teen Spirit.
If translations (e.g. Herbst) count, and countries are marketed products: England, or Engeland (Dutch: Scarycountry). Eng is also a word in Deutsch. |
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| Bondee
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| 861645. Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:57 pm |
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| Gooische Vrijgezel wrote: | | A product that really exists can be funny too in a way, e.g. Teen Spirit. |
Some bloke called Kurt smells like it. |
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