Just a delightful reminder that Vicks Vapo Rub has to change the spelling of the company’s name in German-speaking countries, because “Vick” is basically a curse word in German. The actual word, “Fick”, is the culprit. But they are pronounced exactly the same in German, “Vick” and “Fick”, and the latter in English just changes its i to a u.
So, Vicks didn’t want to be called ‘Fu**s Vapo Rub” in German-speaking countries. Thus, they use the name “Wick”.
I hope you enjoyed this fun language lesson. I think of it just about every time someone mentions Vicks.
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