THE TRAGEDY OF BRAND

SEGA: -The name of giant video game means in Italian as "Amateur".

MITSUBISHI: The brand named Pajero means in Spanish "masturbation".

VICKS: in German language Vicks read with 'F' therefore it is the pronunciation as “sex”.

ROLLS ROYCE: it’s a new model, Mist in the German language means “animal manure”.

TOYOTA: model Fiera means "ugly old woman» in Porto Rigo.

Umbro: The shoes named Zyklon is the name of gas were used in two world war.

FORD: Pinto model in Portugal language means “penis”.

COLGATE: toothpaste model “Cue” which was sold in France initially is the name of France's best-selling porn magazine as well.

HARLEM SAVİNGS BANK OF NEW YORK: The company enlarged and opened new offices outside of both New York and Harlem.  When they realized that they put the wrong name, the bank name changed to Apple Bank with 10 million $ additional cost. 

BEKO: translated from Russian, means as a party girl.

FAKİR: the brand of German industrial and home types cleaning machines "Fakir" in Turkish means poor.

GÖTZEN: For what reason "Götzen" (German-based hypermarket) could not enter to market in Turkey and our country? there are also names of big companies that formed later. Those are below.

1) General Motors, “Nova” automobile which in English means star Latın America also wanted to use the same name, however, in Spanish "Nova" means " not to go, not to walk".

2) Due to illness means “Diet” in Italian and German the Coca Cola company changed the name to "Coca Cola Light" from "Coca Cola Diet" in America and other markets. 

3) Mars company the UK for many years thought on change the name of the product of Marathon to Snickers. Because, the similarity of pronunciation with "Knickers," which meant the woman's underwear.

4) The owner of BicCompany, Marcel Bich, excluded the “H” letter from Bich’s pen name because of English it means beach “bad woman”.

5)Popular French drink Pschitt of Perrier pronounciate in English as loss of appetite.

6) There are significant local and international concepts in the design of labels for using colors in the global sphere. For example, the white color is reminiscent of the deaths in Japan, while the green color is very popular in Saudi Arabia. 

THE TRAGEDY OF BRAND