Comments on: What NOT to Call Your Furniture Store http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:48:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: misha http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-446192 misha Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:26:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-446192 That's a lot like the Make Yourself... Fucking Lovely store I saw somewhere around that area. http://flickr.com/photos/mishamc/2174716455/in/set-72157603575774721/ That's a lot like the Make Yourself... Fucking Lovely store I saw somewhere around that area.

http://flickr.com/photos/mishamc/2174716455/in/set-72157603575774721/

]]> By: Carl Huber http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-445092 Carl Huber Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:22:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-445092 There's a street called "morning wood" right next to me. There's a street called "morning wood" right next to me.

]]> By: xxmoi http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444691 xxmoi Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:56:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444691 The english isn't a translation of a korean name, the hangul letters romanize to 'mo-ning u-deu', which is how they would pronounce the english words 'morning wood.' Other than the, uh... euphemism in the store's name, the design is really cute and attractive. XD The english isn't a translation of a korean name, the hangul letters romanize to 'mo-ning u-deu', which is how they would pronounce the english words 'morning wood.'

Other than the, uh... euphemism in the store's name, the design is really cute and attractive. XD

]]> By: Ali S. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444678 Ali S. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:42:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444678 Oh dear. Engrish strikes again! Oh dear. Engrish strikes again!

]]> By: VonSkippy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444667 VonSkippy Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:34:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444667 It's just down the road from "Pitch a Tent" Sporting Goods Store. It's just down the road from "Pitch a Tent" Sporting Goods Store.

]]> By: Nate Deviate http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444575 Nate Deviate Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:58:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444575 I wonder if their furniture is all hard wood, or if they go with a softer wood like pine.... I wonder if their furniture is all hard wood, or if they go with a softer wood like pine....

]]> By: Grok http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444541 Grok Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:40:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444541 Oh, I forgot to mention that Uijongbu has (or at least had until 2000 when I was there) a significant American population since the headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division is/was located there. Therefore it's safe to assume SOMEBODY in town knew what "morning wood" meant. Either someone decided to mess with the store owner in the event that he/she asked an English-speaking friend what to name the store, or he/she knew exactly what they was doing. Pretty crafty either way, and the store probably gets a fair amount of attention. :P Oh, I forgot to mention that Uijongbu has (or at least had until 2000 when I was there) a significant American population since the headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division is/was located there. Therefore it's safe to assume SOMEBODY in town knew what "morning wood" meant. Either someone decided to mess with the store owner in the event that he/she asked an English-speaking friend what to name the store, or he/she knew exactly what they was doing. Pretty crafty either way, and the store probably gets a fair amount of attention. :P

]]> By: Abdul Alhazred http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444493 Abdul Alhazred Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:29:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444493 I see nothing inappropriate. It's a good name. "Furniture as comforting as morning wood" :) I see nothing inappropriate. It's a good name.

"Furniture as comforting as morning wood" :)

]]> By: todayinart.com http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444396 todayinart.com Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:21:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444396 Whhaahhahahahaa! Whhaahhahahahaa!

]]> By: bean http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444361 bean Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:07:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444361 The arrow on the left pointing up is a nice touch. The arrow on the left pointing up is a nice touch.

]]> By: Grok http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444334 Grok Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:29:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444334 @3 Actually, the name of the company in Korean (the four symbols to the lower right) is pronounced "mo ning woo de." Ahh, thank you Engrish, you've made my day! The nice thing about Korean is that the written language is phoenetic, so a lot of Engrish makes it's way in. :P The OP should send this to www.Engrish.com, post-haste! Tons of examples of these, which I think are hilarious. Most of them are a result of either mistranslations/mispronunciations (e.g. r's and l's are often exchanged since the equivalent sound in many Asian languages is a hybrid of both), or someone with less than perfect understanding of English put together words which either sound cool/evocative or are from a really bad translation. @3

Actually, the name of the company in Korean (the four symbols to the lower right) is pronounced "mo ning woo de." Ahh, thank you Engrish, you've made my day! The nice thing about Korean is that the written language is phoenetic, so a lot of Engrish makes it's way in. :P

The OP should send this to http://www.Engrish.com, post-haste! Tons of examples of these, which I think are hilarious. Most of them are a result of either mistranslations/mispronunciations (e.g. r's and l's are often exchanged since the equivalent sound in many Asian languages is a hybrid of both), or someone with less than perfect understanding of English put together words which either sound cool/evocative or are from a really bad translation.

]]> By: lambkill http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444325 lambkill Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:19:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444325 I live in Koreatown in Los Angeles and you would not believe the amount of "lost in translation" moments I've seen on businesses. I live in Koreatown in Los Angeles and you would not believe the amount of "lost in translation" moments I've seen on businesses.

]]> By: JohnyD http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444306 JohnyD Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:54:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444306 Or maybe it's just the litteral translation of the korean name they chose. Or maybe it's just the litteral translation of the korean name they chose.

]]> By: Justin http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444298 Justin Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:43:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444298 OH YES! ZINGER! OH YES! ZINGER!

]]> By: yetsune http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/comment-page-1/#comment-444129 yetsune Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:53:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/what-not-to-call-your-furniture-store/#comment-444129 At least the locals won't understand what the real meaning behind morning wood is. You should check out the WTF Group: http://www.wtfgroup.com/ At least the locals won't understand what the real meaning behind morning wood is. You should check out the WTF Group:

http://www.wtfgroup.com/

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