23 September 2010
An unfortunate name
Posted by Callan Bentley
I’ll bet this Turkish children’s clothing company really wishes they had gone with something else for their name…
Yikes.
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Driving around in Tennessee last week I noticed a tailor that advertised on the front clothing for “Children Brides”. Ah, for the love of a comma.
Ha! This should go up on engrish.com
Turkish pronunciation is “oohfook”.
Definitely a candidate for Engrish.com.