Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/23/unfortunately_named_mobile_phone/
Forget the Jesus Phone, here's the Rude Phone
A grubby little handset
Posted in Phones, 23rd July 2010 14:57 GMT
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NSFW It costs $78, it is available in black, red or white and it is called the WANK E5.
No, not an personalised number plate, but the name of a Nokia handset on sale at SoloMobi [1], a Chinese retailer.
Going Solo? That sounds about right.
We guess the name will change soon enough; and before sniggering too hard, we happily acknowledge that SoloMobi or Nokia's English is a helluva lot better than our Chinese. Or Finnish, now we think of it.
Meanwhile, raise your wrists to another hilarious language misunderstanding. And let's fondly recall Mount Wank [2] in Bavaria, the picturesque town of Fucking [3] in Austria. and our favourite football team Deportivo Wanka [4], of Peru.
[Hat tip to Tony Armstrong.]
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