WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by sandebert on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @03:15PM (#10118847)

And 7 Eleven in Sweden managed to make it even more dirty by using the headline "Bite sale!", which apparently means "Dirty dick!" in french. As if that wasn't bad enough, the ad was actually meant to sell sausages. To kids.

Reference: http://z.cdn-expressen.se/images/a3/9b/a39b426464844e3ba6ef3...

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Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by mcorrand on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @03:38PM (#10118984)

"Oh thank heaven". This is so hilariously unfortunate. The funny part is that I really don't notice "bite" in this way if it's surrounded by English words. The tumblr blog listed downthread does nothing for me for example.

But if the surrounding words exist in French too, my brain invariably gets tricked into switching to French.

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