Word: chickening
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...boots and had a self-confident air about them. They reminded me of my toy soldiers...I was impressed." Soon the Jews were required to wear a yellow Star of David. The Nazis took away the family's radio: forbidden. They arrested the building superintendent's wife for bringing chicken soup and mashed potatoes to Andris when he was sick: against the law to feed Jews. One day Andris looked outside his window and saw German soldiers loading the occupants of a Jewish apartment building into trucks: "The people filing out...all had their hands in the air, even...
...ever, as the first American company that tries to use the word pet in a French ad will find out. Intel is known for its cutting-edge technology, but the original translation of its Pentium IV chip was too edgy for Koreans; it means "chip of death." Kentucky Fried Chicken found good news and bad news when it went global with its "finger-lickin' good" slogan. In Chinese, it came out as "eat your fingers off" and was not appetizing. But in Iran, as luck would have it, "so good you'll eat your fingers" is a traditional Farsi compliment...
Translation screw-ups by companies like Perdue (slogan "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken" read "It takes a hard man to make a chicken aroused" in Mexico), Puffs ("whorehouse" in German) and Gerber ("to throw up" in French slang) might seem merely funny. But misunderstandings can hit the bottom line. In 1997--at risk of a worldwide boycott by Muslims--Nike recalled 38,000 pairs of its "Bakin" basketball shoes because the logo resembled the word Allah in Arabic. And it's not just English speakers who miscommunicate. If Electrolux made shoddy vacuum cleaners, it wouldn...
...however, who will return home with war stories to tell and scars to compare. All families have their free spirits and their sentinels, and this year it will be intriguing to see who has swapped roles. Among the Wootens of Nashville, son Luke, a record producer, calls himself the Chicken Little of the family. He's the one who stockpiled water and bought the gas masks, though they turned out to be too big for his four- and five-year-old sons. When the clan assembles next week, he expects to discuss what they would do in the event...
Edward Barrett, University of Pennsylvania 77, and his wife, Manuela, made the trip from Marshfields, MA to Cambridge to support Barretts alma mater but, more importantly, to socialize. Chatting with each other over caesar chicken wraps, fresh pastries, smoked mackerel, and assorted wines, the friends were consumed more by mingling and less by Penns prospects. Its going to be a good game. Edward Barrett said, gesturing wildly at his friends. Dan Belforti cut in with a laugh, So far its a really good tailgate! Raising his wineglass in a mock toast, Patrick Lyons concurred, Id be happy to stay here...