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eek replied

15 October 2013, 18:07
Originally posted by SimonMac View Post

I think its Foo Kin Clever

and I was 1 hour before the Daily Mail
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SimonMac replied

15 October 2013, 16:37
I think its Foo Kin Clever
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Doggy Styles replied

15 October 2013, 15:50
Them crazy Japs, eh?
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AtW replied

15 October 2013, 15:48
Fuking 'ell...
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cojak replied

15 October 2013, 15:44
Originally posted by eek View Post

So as a company you share your name with the Asian Chernobyl. Now you could adopt the Sellafield approach and just rename the town and surrounding area or you could create a cute mascot.

Introducing Fukuppy....

Surely someone knew enough english to stop them announcing this before it arrived. It ranks with the City University of Newcastle upon Tyne in crap rebranding exercises (and while Northumbria university deny it I do have the press release that didn't go out and the mock letterhead).
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eek started a topic Translation gone wrong

15 October 2013, 14:28
Translation gone wrong

So as a company you share your name with the Asian Chernobyl. Now you could adopt the Sellafield approach and just rename the town and surrounding area or you could create a cute mascot.

Introducing Fukuppy....

Surely someone knew enough english to stop them announcing this before it arrived. It ranks with the City University of Newcastle upon Tyne in crap rebranding exercises (and while Northumbria university deny it I do have the press release that didn't go out and the mock letterhead).
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