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Signs and brands not made for markets where English is the primary language

BIMBO bread

There’s a big Mexican food company called Bimbo. As far as I know, they don’t use the BIMBO brand in the USA. I took this picture in Buenos Aires.

TITS clothing
This is a clothing shop in Montevideo called TITS.

Cream biscuits

In Danish, you abbreviate assorted like this: “ass.” Get a 10 pack of assorted cream biscuits for only 10 kroner! I took this picture years ago in Denmark.

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3 Responses to “Signs and brands not made for markets where English is the primary language”

  1. Pelle Says:
    August 11th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    They sell Bimbo in the US in areas with large Mexican communities, such as here in San Francisco.

  2. Lad Says:
    October 28th, 2008 at 5:47 am

    Hey Lau, this is Lad and here is my website.

    You’re a bit late for the bloggers’ event.

    I enjoyed this post especially the TITS shop haha.

  3. natalia Says:
    January 26th, 2009 at 5:35 am

    TITS is on purpose, since the slogan is “Quedate en TITS”, a double meaning: Stay in tits / get naked on the upper body.

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