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  2. Brand blunder - Wikipedia

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    Examples of brand names which have proved unsuitable for use in most English-speaking countries have included: [3] Alu-Fanny, a French aluminium foil; Barf, a laundry detergent from Iran's Paxan industries; Barfy, a brand of frozen hamburgers in Argentina; Bimbo, a Mexican brand of bread; Calpis, a Japanese soft drink; Crapsy Fruit, a French ...

  3. Foreign branding - Wikipedia

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    In advertising and marketing, foreign branding is the use of foreign or foreign-sounding brand names for companies, goods, and services to imply they are of foreign origin, generally to make them appear to come from a place that seems attractively fitting, or at least exotic. It may also be done if the country of origin has a poor image, in ...

  4. Hyperforeignism - Wikipedia

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    For example, the n in habanero is pronounced as in Spanish (close to [n] in English), but English speakers often pronounce it with / n j /, approximating as if it were spelled habañero. [3] The proposed explanation is that English speakers are familiar with other Spanish loanwords like piñata and jalapeño , and incorrectly assume that all ...

  5. Irish names you’re probably saying wrong and how to pronounce ...

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    That apostrophe you see on the O of Irish surnames is an Anglicization of a “síneadh fada,” an acute accent slanting to the right. A fada above a vowel means the vowel should be pronounced ...

  6. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.

  7. List of loudspeaker manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Name Country Acoustic Research: United States Advent: United States Ahuja: India Alesis: United States Altec Lansing: United States Amphion Loudspeakers: Finland Anker: China Armstrong Audio: United Kingdom ATC: United Kingdom Audiovox: United States Audison: Italy Auro-3D: Belgium Bang & Olufsen: Denmark Barefoot Sound: United States BassBoss ...

  8. Mystery solved: How to pronounce Qatar, the World Cup host ...

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    But the proper pronunciation — the one that will roll off local tongues throughout the World Cup — cannot be spelled out with a Latin alphabet. If you want to learn, your best bet is YouTube .

  9. Celebrity names you might be saying wrong - AOL

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