LOST IN TRANSLATION
IN ARABIC and THE MIDDLE EAST
Jolly Green Giant translated into Arabic means "Intimidating Green Ogre."
This sign has been reported to have been seen in both Belgrade, Lebanon and Madrid, Spain, where a notice in an elevator reads:
"To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order. "
Muslims in Bangladesh rioted and ransacked Thom McAnn stores when they mistook the company's logo on some sandals for the Arabic letters for Allah. One person was killed and 50 people injured before the melee ended.
