And they need to fire their marketing people, because why would you name a product so it rhymes with Loppy, Moppy and Sloppy?

There's plenty of examples of bad names chosen for overseas marketing. Let's see if I can remember a few...

- Pac-Man was originally named "Puck Man". They underestimated American teens and their ability to scratch off a portion of the letter "P" on the arcade cabinets.

- The Chevy Nova wouldn't sell well in Spanish-speaking countries: "No Va" roughgly translates to "Won't go".

- There's a hilarious page with lots of Japanese-English translation stuff at http://www.lumine.net/engrish/.

Can't think of any others off the top of my head. Anyone else have any other examples?

Tony Fabris
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