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Polish brands in England



ATsuriThreads: 1
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Joined: Oct 12, 08 		Edited by: ATsuri   Oct 12, 08, 14:22 /  #
Hi everyone :)
I'm a student and I need some help. Our English teacher gave us a task: Find any Polish brand/products names which may be somehow offensive or troublesome for English people (especially food). So there's my request... :)
Could you give me some hints?
For example, my dictionary says that word lech /letsh/ ('Lech' is a beer) means:'Someone showing strong or offensive sexual desire'. I would be grateful for all your ideas.
In exchange I can give you some recipes:)
SeanBMThreads: 41
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Joined: Mar 10, 08 		Edited by: SeanBM   Oct 12, 08, 16:18 /  #
I have never thought about this before, I am sure i know loads.

There is a paint called Bolix [youtube=null]URL

and there are a few shops here with F,art but they sell clothes. I guess I laugh too much t find out what they really are.

The most offensive would be "Kefir" which in South African English is probably the most offensive word you can call a person who is black.

I will look out for more, i am sure there are.

An interesting one but not offensive is the use of "Xero" meaning to photocopy, the way I say "Hoover" to mean "vacuum"
ATsuriThreads: 1
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Joined: Oct 12, 08 		  Oct 13, 08, 09:49 /  #
Nice examples, thanks a lot :)

If you will find some more till Wednesday please PM me or write them down here.

Dear Mr. Moderator
Thanks for moving my topic here and sorry for troubling you:)
whyikitThreads: 7
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Joined: Sep 1, 08 		  Oct 14, 08, 13:21 /  #
The only one I know, was a drink that I think they used to sell in Poland called Fart, although not offensive. I was in Poland recently and saw a few things like this just can not remember them now, searched for the drink but could not find any....
BartolomeThreads: 2
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'Fart' in Polish slang means 'a stroke of luck'. But apparently it prevents any company with that name to expand in English-speaking countries :)
ShelleySThreads: 18
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Sports shoe shop called "Athletes Foot"
MagdalenaThreads: 5
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ShelleyS:

Sports shoe shop called "Athletes Foot"


Isn't that British though? It always makes me smile when I pass one of those ;-)
ShelleySThreads: 18
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Magdalena:

Isn't that British though?


Not that Im aware, I've certainly never seen one in the UK, it made me smile too
szkotja2007Threads: 38
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"Athletes foot " is an American franchise with a few stores in Pl but none in the UK.
MagdalenaThreads: 5
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I seem to have seen them in the UK, but maybe I'm confused ;-)
ShelleySThreads: 18
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Maybe "foot locker" we have them here
ATsuriThreads: 1
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Thanks:)

I googled 'Fart'... It seems that it's a very popular 'name'. Actually I've never met the real meaning of this word before. (Un)fortunatelly we are only taught decent English language;]
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