Author: Peter Schäfer
Date: 02:16:10 12/22/03
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On December 21, 2003 at 18:18:05, Sune Fischer wrote: >What happens to be a trash word in one language can be perfectly harmless in >another language, just beware of that. Reminds me of that German soccer player Franco Foda who once played a game in Brazil. When the announcer read his name, the audience broke into laughter because his name means "fucking for free" (hope that won't get me banned ;) Mitsubishi had to be rename their Pajero car for the Spanish market, because Pajero means "wanker". by the way, Niggemann and Schwarzenegger are perfectly harmless names.
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