FYI - From the BBC this morning:

"China nappy business tries to trademark Bush"

"President Bush could become synonymous with nappies
A Beijing businessman has applied to use the Chinese name of US
President George Bush to market his nappies.

"Back in my hometown in Henan Province, the pronunciation of 'Bushi'
sounds exactly like 'not wet'," said the man, surnamed Guo, according to
local media.

But his application is likely to be rejected, authorities said.

"It may bring about bad social impact if a leader's name is registered
as a trademark," said an official surnamed Liu at the State Trademark
Bureau."

Regards,

Marv

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 18:35:26 GMT, Marv Soloff
wrote:

FYI - From the BBC this morning:

"China nappy business tries to trademark Bush"

"President Bush could become synonymous with nappies
A Beijing businessman has applied to use the Chinese name of US
President George Bush to market his nappies.

"Back in my hometown in Henan Province, the pronunciation of 'Bushi'
sounds exactly like 'not wet'," said the man, surnamed Guo, according to
local media.

But his application is likely to be rejected, authorities said.

"It may bring about bad social impact if a leader's name is registered
as a trademark," said an official surnamed Liu at the State Trademark
Bureau."

Regards,

Marv

When working at the K-5 power station in South Korea (now known as Kori 4) I
was issued with an identity badge with my name written in phonetic Korean.
this came out as 'Rando' which translates to 'an island of ran flowers'. Once
the pun was explained to me I thought it was as amusing as the locals did.

Mark Rand
RTFM