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In Brazilian Portuguese: * Cornstarch is called maizena * Adhesive bandages are called bandaid * Instant noodles are called miojo * Yogurt sold in small pot
by diego_moita 2y ago
In Brazilian Portuguese:
* Cornstarch is called maizena
* Adhesive bandages are called bandaid
* Instant noodles are called miojo
* Yogurt sold in small pots are called danone
* Chewing gum is called chiclete (from Chiclets)
* Photocopies are xerox
* Bouillion is knorr
* Glass plates are pyrex
* Scooters are lambretta
* Soluble cofee is nescafe
* Sunglasses are rayban
And same goes for teflon, jacuzzi, velcro, tupperware, vaseline, botox, googling, ...etc, etc
- speeder 2y agoI never realized Lambretta was actually a manufacturer until I moved to Europe and saw a store selling Lambrettas. When I was a kid in Brazil everyone called all scooters Lambrettas, even though none of them were Lambrettas. They usually were... Vespas. Now that I know it is actually rivalling companies, I wonder how sad Lambretta and Vespa companies are, with eveyrone calling their Vespa a Lambretta.
- diego_moita 2y agoThe funniest of them all is durex. In Brazil is the name and brand of adhesive tape. In Portugal is the name and brand of condoms.
- pier25 2y agoSame with Mexico and Spain
- lproven 2y agoThe British comedian Mike Harding had a whole comedy routine about this. https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-funniest-differences-among-Americans-Australians-and-the-British-creating-hilarious-misunderstandings-in-conversations-among-the-nations/answer/Chris-Pollard-28 https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-funniest-differences-amon... Rubber. Brit: pencil eraser. American: condom. Durex. Brit: condom. Australian: sticky tape.
- postexitus 2y agoFunny enough, in Turkey, it's the other way around. Scooters are called Vespas, and actually none of them are Vespas.
- fullstop 2y ago* Chewing gum is called chiclete (from Chiclets) This is probably derived from the Sapodilla / Chicle tree, and not the little square chewing gums.
- liotier 2y agoI'm French and I didn't know that Maizena is a brand of cornstarch instead of a generic product called maizena... So that is why it I always thought it was so similar to cornstarch !
- AStonesThrow 2y agoThe Chiclets name is derived from the Mexican Spanish word "chicle", derived from the Aztec Nahuatl word "chictli/tzictli", meaning "sticky stuff" and referring to a pre-Columbian chewing gum found throughout Mesoamerica. This pre-Columbian chewing gum was tapped as a sap from various trees. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiclets#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiclets#History