RE: Audi Marketing Miscues

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

To contribute to this thread:
the brand name of well know lightbulb manufacturer "Osram" means "I'll
sh*t" in Polish :-)

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tom Nas [SMTP:tnas@euronet.nl]
> Sent:	Wednesday, December 31, 1997 11:55 AM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: Audi Marketing Miscues
> 
> At least Citroen did some thinking and renamed their small 'Saxo' for
> the
> Japanese market, where 'Saxo' apparently means 'Let's sh*t!'
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
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>  Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The
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>     They all laughed at Albert Einstein. They all laughed at Columbus.
>           Unfortunately, they also all laughed at Bozo the Clown.
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