Vietnam grapefruit website told to pick new name

By Monday February 13, 2006

Vietnam’s internet authorities rejected a website for a grapefruit wholesaler over fears web surfers might think it was a sex site.

The attempt to register www.buoi.com.vn was turned down because without proper Vietnamese tone and vowel markings the word “buoi” (grapefruit) might be confused with “buoi” (penis), said Minh Ngoc, an officer at the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre.

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5 Comments
  1. Ryan Vande Water says:
    2/13/2006 at 6:56 am

    I ALWAYS get those two confused.

  2. 2xbob says:
    2/13/2006 at 3:40 pm

    Ive only done that once and now im not alowed in Acme.

  3. Pat says:
    2/13/2006 at 7:48 pm

    I’ll never look at a grapefruit seed the same way again.

  4. Craig says:
    2/14/2006 at 4:34 am

    You sure that’s a grapefruit in that graphic?

  5. Eideard says:
    2/14/2006 at 4:54 am

    Google Image said it was.


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