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60 Parker Pens in<br />

Mexico<br />

Parker Pens alarmed its Mexican market with ads intended to read ‘It won’t<br />

leak in your pocket and embarrass you’ because, in fact, the ad stated ‘It won’t<br />

leak in your pocket and impregnate you.’ The company had managed to<br />

confuse ‘embarrass’ with the Spanish verb ‘embrazar’ or ‘to impregnate’.

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