When Vintners Fail at Naming Wines

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Not just vintners. Not only wine.

The Bangkok-native proprietress of a local Thai restaurant told me that when she first arrived in the USA she had trouble not breaking out in giggles whenever someone ordered a Coke. Apparently that sounds very much like a Thai slang word for pubic hair.

-Paul W.

I always felt a little bad for the Bret Brothers.
The thing with Bill's example is that it's a Nova Scotia wine, doubtful it's a translation issue.

Our Queen (gawd bless 'er) will celebrate 70 years in June - her Platinum Jubilee.

An order of 10,000 souvenir plates and cups have been received printed Platinum Jubbly

Our Queen (gawd bless 'er) will celebrate 70 years in June - her Platinum Jubilee.

An order of 10,000 souvenir plates and cups have been received printed Platinum Jubbly

Well I hope she's going to open a nice bottle of bubilee to celebrate. Perhaps a nice sham pain!

I always felt a little bad for the Bret Brothers.

I recall encountering a French restaurateur whose surname was "Garbage".

There is a supermarket chain in Massachusetts called Roche Brothers.

-Paul W.