The obscure brilliance of Chinese and Far Eastern Product names.

Gassage

I am hugely amused by the nomenclature used by Chinese and Far Eastern co's when naming their products.

From Joyo alone we have the mighty "Sweet, Baby' guitar combo, the D-Seed delay (to a gay man it sounds rather like unfeltching) the 'Roll Boost' and many more.

Mooer's names are equally funny- it's almost like they use a random word generator.

And when you go to the Far East you get to witness great local fashion labels like "Cool Style" and their difussion brand 'Trendy-Nice" (both real!)

Where on earth do they get these names from?

randomhandclaps

Gassage said:

 the D-Seed delay (to a gay man it sounds rather like unfeltching) the 'Roll Boost' and many more.

I would have thought that was more like telling that lesbian couple across the road that the arrangement is off.

p90fool

"Unfeltching", isn't that a PInk Floyd album?

Gassage

randomhandclaps said:

Gassage said:

 the D-Seed delay (to a gay man it sounds rather like unfeltching) the 'Roll Boost' and many more.

I would have thought that was more like telling that lesbian couple across the road that the arrangement is off.

Hmmmm- so the local scissor sisters are plastic with rounded ends? Like the ones on Blue Peter?

Clarky

Mitsubishi Pajero is a good 'un [in Spanish]

chillidoggy

Unhalfbricking?

Gassage

LOL yeah I know about that one.

Equally spare a thought for General Motors who never could work out why the Nova didn't do so well in Spanish speaking countries.

Clarky

haaa.... I get it... no va.. awesome..

Gassage

Clarky said:

haaa.... I get it... no va.. awesome..

It is absolutely true.

Clarky

shame BMW didn't call the X5 the Pajero.. it'd be more fitting.. lmao

randomhandclaps

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/3072722004_0566d519e0.jpg

randomhandclaps

I kind of miss the days when Chinese restaurants had names that sounded like the titles of a six formers poetry.  Friendship, Charisma, Good Friends,  Grand Fortune,  Croydon Palace etc.

Gassage

randomhandclaps said:

I kind of miss the days when Chinese restaurants had names that sounded like the titles of a six formers poetry.  Friendship, Charisma, Good Friends,  Grand Fortune,  Croydon Palace etc.

On the latter, played a lot of cricket with a lad called Palash Joshi last year who is a most excellent guitarist too. Good quick bowler in verge of contract- anyway, we christened him "Crystal'. He loves it!! Even signs himself Crystal now.

Clarky

randomhandclaps said:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/3072722004_0566d519e0.jpg

that reminds me of the South Park episode with the big fight between the owners of the City Sushi and City Wok.. lmao

speka engrish I donna understan you

I am speka engrish ! !

mudslide73

LG = Lucky Goldstar.

thisisguitar

Damn it…. I just bought some D-Seed Delay thinking it was a cream to help make me last longer in the bedroom!

mart

This still has me wetting myself every time:

http://lisnews.org/files/Wrong Fn Book Store.jpg

mart

Oh, and there's this too, for a nice appetizing drink:

http://debbiemovestodubai.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/sweat-drink.jpg

stickyfiddle

mart said:

Oh, and there's this too, for a nice appetizing drink:

http://debbiemovestodubai.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/sweat-drink.jpg

That's UAE! Never seen anyone buy it but all the supermarkets have it..!

Bogwhoppit

One of the best Chinese take-a-ways I've seen was called 'Wok in, Wok out', the other was 'lets wok'

 

 

CabbageCat

I thought Pocari Sweat was Japanese. It's everywhere over there. My sister had some and said it just tasted like normal sweat.

I guess that picture isn't from Japan, though. 2.50 yen is about one-and-a-half pence.

They have "Calpis" everywhere as well. Perhaps there is a chap called Cal Pocari chained to the ceiling of a factory in Nagoya who gets force-fed various liquids while his excretions are harvested.