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Bernie Sanders Gives Bank of America Speeches?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Mar 11, 2016 A misleading web rumor claimed Bernie Sanders gave the same sort of highly-compensated speeches ...
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Was the Comic Strip 'Peanuts' Renamed 'Radishes' in Denmark?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Apr 16, 2015 Rumor: The 'Peanuts' comic strip was renamed 'Radishes' in some international newspapers because ...
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Disgruntled Former Lexicographer

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug 5, 2007 Disgruntled Random House employee sneaks unusual definition of 'mutton' into the publisher's 199 ...
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Moomba

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb 5, 2004 Did the name of Australia's annual Moomba festival come from a derogatory Aboriginal term?
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Ma Sacrée Toux!

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Sep 27, 2002 Did a misinterpretation of Napoleon's complaint about his cough result in the unintended slaying ...
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Starion / Stallion Confusion

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jul 17, 2001 Was the Mitsubish Starion supposed to have been the 'Stallion'?
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Osco Renaming

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Apr 9, 2001 Were Osco drug stores changed back to the Sav-On name because 'asco' means 'disgust' in Spanish?
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Was the Name 'Donkey Kong' the Result of a Mistranslation?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb 24, 2001 There are barrels of explanations for the unusual name of the game that launched the Mario franc ...
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U.N. Mistranslation

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan 12, 2001 A tale of an embarrassing mistranslation at the United Nations.
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Casablanca and White House

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan 1, 2001 During the Germans pass up a chance to kill FDR because they mistranslated the name of the city ...
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Badly Translated Menu

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jun 20, 2000 A badly-garbled English menu.
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Pepsi Brings Back Ancestors

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jun 12, 2000 Was 'Come Alive With Pepsi' mistranslated in China as 'Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back from the ...
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Mistranslated Madonna Interview

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jul 30, 1999 Was Madonna interview hilariously mistranslated by a Hungarian newspaper?
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Mistranslated Toy Frog Instructions

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jul 30, 1999 Text of the infamous 'Tounge of Frog.'
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Computer Mistranslation

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jul 13, 1999 Did early attempts at computer translation of human languages produce humorous results?
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