Futility: From "Puck Man" to "Pac-Man"

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bimmylee on 11 December 2009

"Pac-Man" was originally "Puck-Man" in Japan. And if you know the history of why they changed it, the hilarity/magnitude of this picture (found on Engrish.com) is awesome.

Says Wikipedia:

"For the North American market, the name was changed from Puck Man to Pac-Man, as it was thought that vandals would be likely to change the P in "puck" to an F, forming a common expletive."

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dtewi on 11 December 2009

So Lucky Charms has to go too?

Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita

Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte

Sugu yoko de waratteita

Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

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gurglesletch on 11 December 2009

dtewi said:
So Lucky Charms has to go too?

That's very funny.

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