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Coca-Cola mixes up languages, vending machine reads ‘Hello, death’
short by Pragya Swastik / on Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
A Coca-Cola vending machine's picture from New Zealand has gone viral for a message translating to 'Hello, death' on it. Coca-Cola attempted to combine New Zealand's te reo Māori and English languages to spell 'Hello, friend', but it translated to 'Hello, death'. While 'Mate' is a commonly used term for 'friend', it translates to 'death' in te reo Māori language.
read more at The Guardian