Sunday, February 10, 2008

Next time you're at Starbucks...

I was reading an article about marketing translation mishaps, and came across a fun fact.

In Germany,
Latte is a well known word for an erection. So, "morning latte" is when...

The word "break" means "destroy", so taking that "
morning latte break" can be painful.

I'll leave the details to your imagination, as well as all the puns on how you take your steaming hot drink.

Source: http://www.i18nguy.com/translations.html

Next time you're at Starbucks...

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