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Bernie Sanders Gives Bank of America Speeches?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
March 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
April 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
Sept. 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
July 17, 2001
Was the Mitsubish Starion supposed to have been the 'Stallion'?
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Osco Renaming
Written by:
David Mikkelson
April 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
June 20, 2000
A badly-garbled English menu.
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Pepsi Brings Back Ancestors
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
June 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
July 30, 1999
Was Madonna interview hilariously mistranslated by a Hungarian newspaper?
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Mistranslated Toy Frog Instructions
Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 30, 1999
Text of the infamous 'Tounge of Frog.'
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Computer Mistranslation
Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 13, 1999
Did early attempts at computer translation of human languages produce humorous results?
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