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This list does not include place names in the United Kingdom or the United States, or places following spelling conventions of non-English languages. For UK place names, see List of irregularly spelled places in the United Kingdom. For US place names, see List of irregularly spelled places in the United States.
Indonesian people pronounce it as "Panteks" (pronounced as "pun-techs") in which Pantek is an expletive in Sumatran Malay (Minangkabau, Ocu, Palembang, Pasisi, etc.) and Maduranese language meaning "fuck you". [47] Sangean, a Taiwanese consumer electronic brand which means too easy to sexually aroused in Indonesian expletives. [48]
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 ...
8.1 Active brands. 8.2 Former brands. 9 Denmark. 10 ... Number of automobile manufacturers in Europe. International European brands ... (TARK, Tartu Cars' Repair ...
Some of the most popular brands we use today have founders behind them who not only gave their blood, sweat, and tears, but also their names. For instance, Johnnie Walker was a real person.
Geo (General Motors brand) (1989–1997) Hudson (1909–1957) Hummer (1992–2010; back as model of GMC since year 2022, Hummer EV) Hupmobile (1909–1939) Imperial (1955–1975, 1981–1983) (Chrysler Corporation brand – Imperial was also used as a Chrysler model name in certain other years.) Jordan; Kaiser; LaFayette; LaSalle (1927–1940 ...
By NADIA SIKANDER The fashion industry is chock full of designers with difficult names to pronounce and even more mysterious patterns and fabrics for the average shopper. With Mercedez-Benz's ...
Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...