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The Venera Shop is like a box o chocolates, ya never know what ya gonna get.

I had to laugh when I saw this sign in Koper. In Slovene (and other Slavic languages, like Russian) venera means Venus. So, it’s entirely appropriate to have an erotic shop named after the Roman goddess of love. However, to an English speaker, “venera” sounds very much like “venereal”… as in “venereal disease.” (In Slovene: spolno prenosljive bolezni.)

And that sounds slightly less appealing.

Posted on Thursday, June 3, 2004 to Slovenia

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  • 1

    Also funny how, if you follow the arrow, erotic leads to erotic. . . . Oh, hey, look what I just found in the online Merriam Webster: “venereal: Middle English venerealle, from Latin venereus, from vener-, venus love, sexual desire.”

         by Katja on June 3, 2004 at 6:57 pm

  • 2

    I also like the erotic -> erotic tautology. It’s like a little Zen Buddhist “circle-of-life” lesson, albeit entirely unintentional.

         by Michael M. on June 4, 2004 at 10:17 am

  • 3

    I have a Venera Shop sign on my house, you insensitive clod!

         by Dr. Shim on June 9, 2004 at 5:23 pm

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