Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Lost in Translation?

This is a sign for a pet shop in Torino. It seems a bit...lude. A dirty sign or just a lost in translation moment?

4 comments:

Nancy said...

Ok, now THAT, is funny!

Italian Postcards said...

Right Nancy?! I can't picture what the shop owner asked for when he/she ordered it.

Clara said...

I think it has to do with the name "Porcone." I wouldn't be surprised if it was intentional

Anonymous said...

The Italian reads "porco cane", literally "pig dog". However in Italian it's a common curse, roughly equivalent to "darn" in severity. Fairly crass, as these thing go.