Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes - and even Rolls Royce had decided to call their new car "Silver Mist" - but fortunately somebody found out the German meaning in time and they called it Silver Shadow instead. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Doug Herr <Dherr@energy.state.ca.us> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 07. maaliskuuta 2000 17:37 Aihe: [Leica] OT: Misunderstandings and other such fun <snip> > >4. Clairol introduced the "Mist Stick," a curling iron, into > >Germany only to find out that "mist" is slang for manure. Not > >too many people had use for the "Manure Stick." <snip>