June 16, 2008

Not an Idiom, but Close

In talking with one of my co-workers today, I discovered that the computer game "Diablo" is known in China as "Big Pineapple".

Why, you might ask?

Phonetically, "Diablo" sounds similar to Da bo luo (;bō luó');">大菠萝) which means, you guessed it, "Big Pineapple".

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