Tom Watson, Labour MP, in his blog, points out what happens when the British energy company Powergen gets a URL for its Italian operations: www.powergenitalia.com.
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Tom Watson, Labour MP, in his blog, points out what happens when the British energy company Powergen gets a URL for its Italian operations: www.powergenitalia.com.
NOTE on June 19th: apparently Powergen, the British company, has denied links with the Italian Powergenitalia. So it was less a bad localization than an accidental choice of a word that meant something in a foreign language.
Here is a link to a summary – it isn’t exactly an urban legend, apart from the lack of a connection to Powergen:
http://www.snopes.com/business/names/powergen.asp