Various products have names that fit. Cow gum is not made from parts of cows, but by Mr Cow.
Hoseasons holidays sounds like a relevant name. but is just the name of it's founder, Mr Hoseasons.
Mars bars, unlike galaxy, are nothing to do with space, but named after the owner, Forrest Mars. It's also what their M & Ms stand for- Mars & Murries, the two original partners.
And the oldest confusion of all, Thomas Crapper made toilets, but the actual word was already hundreds of years old by the 19th century when he was- literally- 'in business'.

Some product names are not appropriate when translated:

- Chevy Nova - in Spanish, no va means doesn't go.
- Ford Caliente - Mexican slang word for a street walker.
- Ford Pinto - another slang word for a small male appendage.
- Clairol's Mist Stick (curling iron) - in German, mist is manure.
- Vicks changed their name to Wicks for the German market. "V" is pronounced "F" in German and would have resulted in the product name sounding too close to an expletive.
- Then there was an English trade magazine that sold giftware and used the word "gift" in its title. Gift is the German word for poison.

Some foreign products that never took off in English-speaking markets:

- A German fruit & chocolate treat called Zit. Zit is also the name of a soft drink from Greece.
- Another chocolate treat, this time from Sweden, called Plopp.
- Koff beer from Finland.
- Polio, a Czech detergent.
- Mucos, Japanese soft drink.
- Pansy, men's underwear from China.

Chunky chocolate cubes certainly live up to their name!

How about Rolos, those round chocolates? You think they use one L because they don't want it to be confused with the name Rollo?

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I know these aren't products but in Evansville IN we have a dentist named Dr.Paine, a lawyer Mr.Losemoor .

even better is the funeral directors where my nan lives called - sydney hurry. I always smile when I see it!

Sydney Hurry, know it well, and located right opposite the local hospital as well- maybe a favoured location...?
There also used to be a funeral directors in Richmond, Wake and Paine, which always gave me a laugh.

We have a dentist, Dr. Hertz, and a funeral home, Amigone. Yes, that is said Am I gone? Just thought I'd mention that Nova means new in Italian and French, and caliente literally means hot in Spanish.

Personally I feel yakult that drink thats supposed to help the friendly bacteria or something, is very aptly (sp) named. As "YAKULT" is the noise you make after drinking the vial little thing!

When I was a child, my doctor's name was Dr. Cutting.
He was the one who took out my tonsils.

How about the soft drink I was offered in France called Sic and Pschitt? Always brought a grin to my face.

When I worked in the jewelry industry, I knew of a stone-cutter based in (New Mexico?) who's name was Rock Hard... I'm not kidding. It was on his business cards.

Not that it is appropriate to his profession, but the Dr. Harold Maude who works in my town always gives me a chuckle.

There's also a Dr. Twinem, who, if I recall correctly, is an OB/GYN. Dentists named Treat and Toothaker... Toothaker. What else could you BE with a name like that??

There's a woman who teaches stained glass on Public TV who's name is Payne.

We used to have a funeral director by the name of Graves. I've also spoken to a Dr. Blood and an guy who fixes car frames named Weld. If memory serves, a Mr. Ketchum was running for sheriff a few years ago.

There's a doctor down the street from my office named Dr. Pepper. Ok, so that's more silly than anything, but I always thought it was funny.