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Originally posted by Jaca
Which reminded me of a "lost in translation" story I heard recently: That old 80's game, Donkey Kong, was named so because of the miscommunication between the marketers and the programmers, whose intention was for it to be called, "Monkey Kong".
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The way I heard it, the original title was effectively "Ass Kong", where "ass" should have read as "jerk". It was clearly translated a little differently. (shrug)
Good game, by whatever name.