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EYESORE 9001

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Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:52 PM

Jul 15

Years ago, there was a brand of instant coffee arbitrarily named Sanka. Sales in Japan were dismal until someone realized ‘sanka’ was their word for ‘disaster’. General Foods gave it a different name in Japan.

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English names that sound funny to Mandarin speakers (Tweet) [View all] Nittersing Jul 15 OP

Funny EYESORE 9001 Jul 15 #1

Well, the Japanese were not wrong Best_man23 Jul 15 #2

I concur with that assessment EYESORE 9001 Jul 15 #3

I thought Sanka was decaffinated, hence "sans caffeine" thus Sanka. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 15 #4

That Is Correct ProfessorGAC Jul 15 #7

Like the Chevy Nova in Mexico JoseBalow Jul 15 #5

Sanka verra mush. Harker Jul 15 #6