Re: OT: Not a popular product in English-speaking countries.

From: "Danny Wier" <dawiertx@...>
Subject: OT: Not a popular product in English-speaking countries.


> It's an Iranian product, and the name is Farsi for 'snow'. And the vowel
> sound's /&/, not /A:/.
>
> http://www.iran-export.com/exporter/company/PAXAN/detergnt.htm
"Barf" laundry detergent is one of the more popular ones in Kazakstan (where
it's pronounced /barf/).  Works pretty well, too.  My favorite type of Barf
is lemon scented.

At some point, apparently Paxan learned what their product's name meant, and
the box now says "Barf means snow" in little letters under the title.  It
would be an excusable mistake, except that the entire front of the box is in
_English_.  Makes you think they actually had an English speaker working on
this...

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