17. KFC Mis-Translated Their Famous "Finger-Lickin' Good" Slogan Into Chinese, Telling The Public To "Eat Your Fingers Off"
Between 1956 and 2011 KFC used the slogan "finger-lickin' good" in order to help promote their product. However, when the company attempted to translate it into Chinese, they made a complete hash of things. Using a direct translation rather than allowing for language variation, KFC advertised in China using the slogan: "Eat your fingers off." Needless to say, a large proportion of the Chinese proportion were confused - and scared - by such a prospect...