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by eastbound 1419 days ago
Don’t worry, Audi made the same mistake. Do you know how to call a turd in French?

e-tron.

And yes, Audi kept the same name in France.

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Some people nearly tried to sell the new Coca-Cola brand "Fuze tea" in Switzerland where "Fuze" spoken in swiss german is very close to a womens sexual organ (in a disrespectful way). So they changed the name to "fuse tea". Close shot.
Glass is spelled with one S in dutch, So you can imagine the raised eyebrows Glassex would produce. They ran a series of commercials about the product ending with "strange name though."

problem solved.