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Sapporo decides to sell new beer with English mistake on label
Japan Today ^ | 1/16 | Oona McGee

Posted on 01/16/2021 11:12:09 PM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 01/16/2021 11:12:09 PM PST by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 01/16/2021 11:12:28 PM PST by nickcarraway
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All fermented beverages are equal: Lagar, Cidar, AAles, Stoats, Wane, Whiskay, etc.


3 posted on 01/16/2021 11:13:24 PM PST by nickcarraway
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...And they get sued for mis-labelling.


4 posted on 01/16/2021 11:16:55 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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How do we know they read the instructions on how to make beer correctly if they can’t get such a small detail correct?


5 posted on 01/16/2021 11:33:23 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
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alcohol bureaus don’t like that


6 posted on 01/16/2021 11:51:51 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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I’m sure they use rice as an adjunct grain. That means headaches for me if I drank it.

Same is true for Budweiser.


7 posted on 01/17/2021 12:07:13 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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Great, now I want a Case.


8 posted on 01/17/2021 12:10:57 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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Omigosh! Is it really time for another Engrish / Japlish thread already???


9 posted on 01/17/2021 12:39:48 AM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("May You Live in Interesting Times": Ancient Chinese Curse. The Wuhanic Plague: Modern Chinese Curse)
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Hysterical! Thanks, I needed a good laugh!

Poof reading is your fiend!


10 posted on 01/17/2021 12:49:37 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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For those hoping to make a killing on this “rare” beer can variant, keep this in mind...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_Hammarskj%C3%B6ld_invert

A sheet of stamps with one color inverted slipped out, and once discovered, the USPS issued a huge number of stamps deliberately misprinted with the same error. The “rare” stamp is basically worthless now.


11 posted on 01/17/2021 1:01:51 AM PST by Fresh Wind ("This claim about election fraud is disputed.")
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I see a collector’s item!


12 posted on 01/17/2021 1:01:54 AM PST by Bikkuri (If you're conservative, you're an "extremist." If you're liberal, you're an "activist.")
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Dag Hammarskjold? Wasn’t he the Secretary general of the N.U.?


13 posted on 01/17/2021 1:20:51 AM PST by nickcarraway
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You're welcome!

I remember when "Creap" came out. It was a clone of the American product "Pream" - which stood for "Powdered Cream". So some Japanese company stole the idea, and decided it'd be a great idea to call it "Creap" for "Cream Powder".

Another product - a drink concentrate that has no equivalent in the States - was "Calpis".

And can you imagine an American company naming a brand of soap like this? ---


Apparently they try to be apolitical by offering both a Red and Blue packaged version!

But the all-time snicker-inducing product name was a brand of milk, where the name was shortened from the word "Homogenized" ----


14 posted on 01/17/2021 1:34:35 AM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("May You Live in Interesting Times": Ancient Chinese Curse. The Wuhanic Plague: Modern Chinese Curse)
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And though I’ve never seen a photo of this, an author swore he saw dosage directions on a bottle of medicine that said something like: “For symptoms of [........] take one pill every 12 hours until passing away”.


15 posted on 01/17/2021 1:38:39 AM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("May You Live in Interesting Times": Ancient Chinese Curse. The Wuhanic Plague: Modern Chinese Curse)
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Yes. The stamp was issued in his honor after he died in a plane crash, sort of like what happened to Ron Brown.


16 posted on 01/17/2021 1:38:50 AM PST by Fresh Wind ("This claim about election fraud is disputed.")
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Classics!


17 posted on 01/17/2021 3:15:23 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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Spellbinding.


18 posted on 01/17/2021 3:34:38 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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Sapporo makes a mighty fine beer. Also, they put out seasonal products for a limited time and often they are never seen again. A Winter’s Tale was awesome, as was Seven Stars, a beer with a 7% alcohol content.
The non-sensical signs have always been wonderful! The product of using English as a graphic image.


19 posted on 01/17/2021 5:07:23 AM PST by ArtDodger
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It is still called homo milk up in Canada.


20 posted on 01/17/2021 5:55:46 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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