My Latino community shops at countless swap meets filled with discount items(some that are worth the cheap and some not so much) dollar stores, and other offshoots of "big box" supermarkets. Many times, we fall victim to China's factories. No, I don't mean us as the labor,(for once,) but a linguistic crime of sorts: typos. Those annoying little spelling errors can often be overlooked by the common insider(that is, those shopping,) and scoffed at by the outsider. Do these manufacturers or those working at the assembly line do it purposely? Of course not...though my tiny amount of skepticism thinks that those very workers do it as a joke, as my "uneducated people" will not know better. Not just misspelling,but randomly mislabeled oddities!!
Whatever the case...it's funny to catch it. So for your consideration:
This Winnie the Pooh with a D on it...could it be that they gave us the "gangsta" version named instead Winnie Da Pooh? Oh,and let's not disregard the donkey pinata with the happy face for a nose.What?
This may look like your normal bear grabbed by the famous "Claw" machine that reaches in and hands you a cute stuffed animal but, no.This "Happy Birthday" bear is actually a "Happy Bhthday" bear whose former home was a 99 cents store and whose bed was one of those machines.His new home is my room,but I'm thinking of sending him off to a tutor.
There were about twenty minutes spent on trying to figure out if these "Hand Guffs" were the chosen name, just as Pop Rocks is for the crackling candy. Conclusion:No. They probably thought a G would suffice for the half shaped circle we call a C.
Oh, how I love Super Mar...Mabkers.If this is the German or Dutch way to say it,I apologize.If not...then too bad for us. If a toddler grows up to say it wrong, now we know why. Sharpies,please.
Everything may look normal on this piece of a patriotic symbol which has been displayed on my car...but the Asian country never fails us.Have a closer look...
No.In Spanish,we do NOT spell America with a B, but the same way as the Anglos do!
This one's just for fun. Tripped upon it at the 99 Cents store.I'm not one to knock foreign film,but there were a couple of these creepy Canadian Spanish language flicks that were supposedly for children...yeah,to give them nightmares! They're supposed to serve for a morality check...They seemed like 80's Veggie Tales on shrooms and a lot of creepy face painted characters.
So next time you see something we own have misspelling or just a weird vibe,laugh it off and don't blame those that shopped for it,but get on a plane if you have any complaints! Lord knows our parents who purchase this stuff might not get it,but the new Gen does and we embrace the errors! Kinda comes with the territory and adds for entertainment.
*Photos: "...je suis l'art..."
