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    Marketing in America is ubiquitous. There is just about no place you can go to escape the never-ending barrage of advertisements getting thrown in your face. Everything, from television to the Internet to taxis and even bus stops, has ads strewn all over them, and that actually translates to other countries in quite the same way. However, how it translates is another story entirely. So with this list, let’s take a look at some of the funnier translations of American brand names and slogans into other languages. As you’ll see, they can be quite entertaining.

    Company: Kentucky Fried Chicken

    Slogan: “Finger-lickin' good!”

    Chinese Misinterpretation: “Eat your fingers off!”

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    Company: Coors

    Slogan: “Turn it loose!”

    Spanish Misinterpretation: “Suffer from diarrhea!”

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    Company: Chevrolet

    Product: Chevy Nova (“no va”)

    Spanish Misinterpretation: Chevy “Does not go”

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    Company: Pepsi

    Slogan: “We bring you back to life”

    Chinese Misinterpretation: “We bring your ancestors back from the grave”

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    Company: Coca-Cola

    Product: Fresca

    Spanish Misinterpretation: “Lesbian”

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    Company: General Motors

    Slogan: “Body by Fisher”

    Belgian Misinterpretation: “Corpse by Fisher”

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    Company: Dairy Association

    Slogan: “Got milk?”

    Spanish Misinterpretation: “Are you lactating?"

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    Company: Salem Cigarettes

    Slogan: “Salem - Feeling free”

    Japanese Misinterpretation: “Salem - Feel so refreshed that your mind seems to be free and empty”

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    Company: Clairol

    Product: Mist Stick (curling iron)

    German Misinterpretation: “Manure Stick”

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    Company: Gerber

    French Misinterpretation: “Vomiting”

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    Company: Perdue Chicken

    Slogan: “It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken”

    Spanish Misinterpretation: “It takes a sexually stimulated man to make a chicken affectionate”

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    Company: Chi-Chi’s

    Spanish Misinterpretation (slang): "Titties"

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    Company: Ford

    Product: Ford Pinto

    Brazilian Misinterpretation (slang): Ford “Tiny male genitals”

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    Company: MENSA

    Spanish Misinterpretation: "Stupid woman"

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    Company: Parker Pens

    Slogan: “It won’t leak in your pocket and embarrass you”

    Spanish Misinterpretation: “It won’t leak in your pocket and make you pregnant”

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    Company: Green Giant

    Mascot: Jolly Green Giant

    Arabic Misinterpretation: "Intimidating Green Monster"

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    Company: American Airlines

    Slogan: “Fly in leather”

    Spanish Misinterpretation: “Fly naked”

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    Company: Schweppes

    Product: Schweppes Tonic Water

    Italian Misinterpretation: Schweppes Toilet Water

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    Company: Puffs

    German Misinterpretation: “Whorehouses”

    English Misinterpretation (slang): Derogatory word for “homosexual”

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    Company: Pizza Hut

    Product: P’Zone

    Spanish Misinterpretation: “Nipple”