Saturday, September 26, 2009

Ooops.

Well, like this earlier posting of mine, here's another example of a wrong name selection, especially for marketing in English-speaking countries! Yuhor is the name of a meat processing plant that is over 100 years old. "YU" stands for "Yugoslavia," which no longer exists, but I could not figure out what the last three letters signify.
Anyone know?

YE OLDE QUILT SHOP

 Yesterday I showed you a young woman's hand resting on a bag that probably contained a light but warm quilt. I passed this shop today. ...