Comments on: University Name Fail http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/ Fail and Epic Fail Pictures and Videos in one blog. For all those precious fail moments, whip out your camera and see your epic fail picture and videos here. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:02:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sebastian http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-680170 Sebastian Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:43:01 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-680170 Moron in spanish sounds more like "More on" than "Moron". That's not a FAIL. Example: In French, Cool sounds like Cul. Cul = Ass in French. You wouldn't say that being "Cool" is a FAIL just because it sounds like "Cul" in French. Stop being so english-centrist. Moron in spanish sounds more like “More on” than “Moron”. That’s not a FAIL.

Example: In French, Cool sounds like Cul. Cul = Ass in French. You wouldn’t say that being “Cool” is a FAIL just because it sounds like “Cul” in French. Stop being so english-centrist.

]]> By: joselin http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-673018 joselin Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:57:16 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-673018 Morón is a town in Buenos Aires Argentina Morón is a town in Buenos Aires Argentina

]]> By: Jesús http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-661451 Jesús Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:12:11 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-661451 Moron es una ciudad española. Moron is a spanish city. Moron es una ciudad española.

Moron is a spanish city.

]]> By: Matthew http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-557453 Matthew Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:54:39 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-557453 I'm sure I've seen a sign in spain I’m sure I’ve seen a sign in spain

]]> By: The Dude http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-492436 The Dude Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:43:33 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-492436 (GROFHHiH) (GROFHHiH)

]]> By: tez http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-480959 tez Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:57:50 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-480959 Moron in english means moron in spanish as well. just with a different accent. at least it does in Puerto Rico I don't know about Argentina Moron in english means moron in spanish as well.
just with a different accent.
at least it does in Puerto Rico I don’t know about Argentina

]]> By: Chirigami http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-449128 Chirigami Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:29:51 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-449128 OMG... I also live in Buenos Aires... Near that University, but I had never thought about the meaning in English. xD I guess I'm the moron x_x... Well, good job, the one who posted it. :P OMG… I also live in Buenos Aires… Near that University, but I had never thought about the meaning in English. xD I guess I’m the moron x_x…
Well, good job, the one who posted it. :P

]]> By: Alejandro http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-437215 Alejandro Tue, 26 May 2009 17:42:33 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-437215 geez, a zillion argentinians have came to tell the same old bullshit! yes!!! we KNOW it's in Argentina!!! Stop weeping about it! geez, a zillion argentinians have came to tell the same old bullshit! yes!!! we KNOW it’s in Argentina!!! Stop weeping about it!

]]> By: fd http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-437012 fd Tue, 26 May 2009 16:21:21 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-437012 Loz says: September 21, 2008 at 8:03 am Interesting… Oh, did you know the official language of Argentina is Spanish? thats pretty obvious to me, i didn't think that in the rest of the world it was such an interesting fact (im from argentina) Loz says:
September 21, 2008 at 8:03 am
Interesting…
Oh, did you know the official language of Argentina is Spanish?

thats pretty obvious to me, i didn’t think that in the rest of the world it was such an interesting fact
(im from argentina)

]]> By: lina http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-360693 lina Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:03:50 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-360693 just wanted to say that the university is located in Morón which is a city in Buenos Aires, Argentina. However, it is called Morón and no Moron. I think that the person who posted that photo should not have done it without knowing. I know that this page is for laughing, and I also found the photo very funny even living near that place. excuse me if my english sucks. :) just wanted to say that the university is located in Morón which is a city in Buenos Aires, Argentina. However, it is called Morón and no Moron. I think that the person who posted that photo should not have done it without knowing.

I know that this page is for laughing, and I also found the photo very funny even living near that place.

excuse me if my english sucks. :)

]]> By: Alejandro http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-326893 Alejandro Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:33:23 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-326893 My family has Morón as last name... LOL My family has Morón as last name… LOL

]]> By: Knee Grow http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-267983 Knee Grow Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:16:33 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-267983 lmfao this is in Buenos Aires Argentina its like a town-ish something called Moron lmfao this is in Buenos Aires Argentina
its like a town-ish something called Moron

]]> By: Pablo http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-265753 Pablo Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:05:05 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-265753 Men, that's in Moron city, next to Buenos Aires (Argentina) and it's quite a good university Men, that’s in Moron city, next to Buenos Aires (Argentina) and it’s quite a good university

]]> By: Ale http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-200323 Ale Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:36:59 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-200323 WTF is the matter with some of the argentineans here??? C´mon, you don´t have any sense of humor? I live in Buenos Aires and study at "Universidad de Morón", of course it is pronounced differently in spanish, but it´s still funny in english!! (by the way, there are a lot of morons in Morón) WTF is the matter with some of the argentineans here??? C´mon, you don´t have any sense of humor? I live in Buenos Aires and study at “Universidad de Morón”, of course it is pronounced differently in spanish, but it´s still funny in english!! (by the way, there are a lot of morons in Morón)

]]> By: Des http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-166334 Des Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:11:37 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-166334 FWIW, I do find it funny, specially the fact that I knew that university for a loong time and never realized the double meaning until I saw the picture in failblog and immediately got it. Maybe I should have go there to the univerisity of moron... but it's too far and I'm not even sure how to get there FWIW, I do find it funny, specially the fact that I knew that university for a loong time and never realized the double meaning until I saw the picture in failblog and immediately got it.

Maybe I should have go there to the univerisity of moron… but it’s too far and I’m not even sure how to get there

]]> By: Kanou http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-164940 Kanou Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:29:10 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-164940 Thats an university of Argentina, and Moron its a district. So, there`s no Fail... Kano.- Thats an university of Argentina, and Moron its a district. So, there`s no Fail…

Kano.-

]]> By: Juan Maria http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-154787 Juan Maria Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:57:15 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-154787 Moron is a city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Moron is a city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

]]> By: Niandra http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-150316 Niandra Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:27:11 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-150316 Moron is a city in Greater Buenos Aires. But it´s actually really funny to see how contradictory "Universidad de Moron" looks when read from an English-speaker´s point of view. Oh, and in case any geniuses are still wondering, in Argentina the official language is SPANISH, not PORTUGUESE. Education FAIL. Moron is a city in Greater Buenos Aires. But it´s actually really funny to see how contradictory “Universidad de Moron” looks when read from an English-speaker´s point of view. Oh, and in case any geniuses are still wondering, in Argentina the official language is SPANISH, not PORTUGUESE. Education FAIL.

]]> By: Crown http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-138541 Crown Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:48:47 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-138541 This is in Moron, Cuba. This is in Moron, Cuba.

]]> By: mARY http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-130188 mARY Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:52:45 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-130188 -Brasil- -Brasil-

]]> By: jesus http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-129086 jesus Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:26:16 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-129086 Actually there's a city called Moron in Spain, and I guess there are more in latin america, it's just a matter of language. Actually there’s a city called Moron in Spain, and I guess there are more in latin america, it’s just a matter of language.

]]> By: Kismet http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-110235 Kismet Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:59:20 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-110235 SOL.... (snort out loud... You actually made me do that. Thanks :P) SOL…. (snort out loud… You actually made me do that. Thanks :P )

]]> By: Kismet http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-110231 Kismet Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:56:46 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-110231 How's that...? Personally, I'm going to start using bungle. There's just such an entertaining quality to it. Synonym Collection v1.1 Main Entry: fail Part of Speech: adjective Synonyms: abortive, catastrophic, manque, unfulfilled, unsuccessful, would-be Main Entry: fail Part of Speech: noun Synonyms: abstention, bankruptcy, catastrophe, damp squib, defalcation, delinquency, demise, dereliction, deterioration, failure, fiasco, insolvency, laches, miscarriage, misfeasance, neglect, nonperformance, omission, pretermission Main Entry: fail Part of Speech: verb Definition: To prove deficient or insufficient. Synonyms: give out, run out, fall short, run dry, run short Main Entry: fail Part of Speech: verb Synonyms: abandon, abort, bankrupt, become bankrupt, bomb, bungle, decline, default, desert, deteriorate, disappoint, exhaust, falter, flag, flop, flunk, foil, fold, founder, go wrong, lack, languish, lose, miscarry, retrograde, retrogress, sink, sora, unsuccessful, wane, welsh How’s that…? Personally, I’m going to start using bungle. There’s just such an entertaining quality to it.

Synonym Collection v1.1
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Part of Speech: adjective
Synonyms: abortive, catastrophic, manque, unfulfilled, unsuccessful, would-be

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Part of Speech: noun
Synonyms: abstention, bankruptcy, catastrophe, damp squib, defalcation, delinquency, demise, dereliction, deterioration, failure, fiasco, insolvency, laches, miscarriage, misfeasance, neglect, nonperformance, omission, pretermission

Main Entry: fail
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: To prove deficient or insufficient.
Synonyms: give out, run out, fall short, run dry, run short

Main Entry: fail
Part of Speech: verb
Synonyms: abandon, abort, bankrupt, become bankrupt, bomb, bungle, decline, default, desert, deteriorate, disappoint, exhaust, falter, flag, flop, flunk, foil, fold, founder, go wrong, lack, languish, lose, miscarry, retrograde, retrogress, sink, sora, unsuccessful, wane, welsh

]]> By: Merengada http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-110187 Merengada Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:17:42 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-110187 Yo tardé, pero moron (acentuado en la primer o, no en la segunda) es tarado/imbécil en inglés!! es una risa, encima asociado a una universidad. jaja Yo tardé, pero moron (acentuado en la primer o, no en la segunda) es tarado/imbécil en inglés!! es una risa, encima asociado a una universidad. jaja

]]> By: svenk91 http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-110172 svenk91 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:02:21 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-110172 If you go to America or europe or something, and you're trying to get a job. Are you sure they're going to take that srsly? :p If you go to America or europe or something, and you’re trying to get a job. Are you sure they’re going to take that srsly? :p

]]> By: fuzz on the concept http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-110167 fuzz on the concept Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:58:25 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-110167 Upon reflection, I see my humor calculus missed a step in the comments sequence. Next time I'll look to perform my FailBlog al-gebraic language al-gorithms with added al-cohol to adjust my brain al-chemy. Upon reflection, I see my humor calculus missed a step in the comments sequence. Next time I’ll look to perform my FailBlog al-gebraic language al-gorithms with added al-cohol to adjust my brain al-chemy.

]]> By: wertygol http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-110153 wertygol Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:38:35 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-110153 Lol, acctually I'm a graduated of this University and I live at two blocks of the building, in fact the picture was made from the same point view that I have from the UM. Sorry for my English, I have a Moron degree :P (The real name is Universidad de Morón) Lol, acctually I’m a graduated of this University and I live at two blocks of the building, in fact the picture was made from the same point view that I have from the UM.

Sorry for my English, I have a Moron degree :P

(The real name is Universidad de Morón)

]]> By: Merengada http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-110132 Merengada Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:19:39 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-110132 Saito clearly made an effort. I live in Buenos Aires too, the pic was hilarious, never thought of Morón as moron Che, Shadow. BTW, como anda tu español? Copate y escribite algo así estamos a mano Saito clearly made an effort. I live in Buenos Aires too, the pic was hilarious, never thought of Morón as moron
Che, Shadow. BTW, como anda tu español? Copate y escribite algo así estamos a mano

]]> By: fuzz on the concept http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109995 fuzz on the concept Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:59:42 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109995 Can we assume that's where you're from? Or are you a naive native of I Don't Read The Comments City? Can we assume that’s where you’re from?
Or are you a naive native of I Don’t Read The Comments City?

]]> By: mr s.a.u.s.a.g.e http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109983 mr s.a.u.s.a.g.e Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:22:44 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109983 NOT RLY NOT RLY

]]> By: 2.0 http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109972 2.0 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:06:54 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109972 Morón is a town you dumbasses. Morón is a town you dumbasses.

]]> By: Me http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109964 Me Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:57:57 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109964 Comment fail. Comment fail.

]]> By: Loz http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109858 Loz Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:02:24 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109858 Sovjet means soviet in a number of different languages. This person obviously doesn't speak English as a first language, lay off. Sovjet means soviet in a number of different languages.
This person obviously doesn’t speak English as a first language, lay off.

]]> By: MarkFL http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109854 MarkFL Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:59:28 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109854 If the Butte mascot dies...is he a ghost pirate or a pirate ghost? If the Butte mascot dies…is he a ghost pirate or a pirate ghost?

]]> By: Loz http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109810 Loz Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:39:16 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109810 Just a guess, but it seems that most people whose first language isn't English don't understand why this is funny. Just a guess, but it seems that most people whose first language isn’t English don’t understand why this is funny.

]]> By: Loz http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109808 Loz Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:36:46 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109808 epic fail? :) epic fail? :)

]]> By: Loz http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109806 Loz Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:33:29 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109806 Get 'er bucked, son! Get ‘er bucked, son!

]]> By: thepowerofblue http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109770 thepowerofblue Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:43:14 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109770 Don't for get Nooksak. And the Hoh Rain Forest! Don’t for get Nooksak. And the Hoh Rain Forest!

]]> By: thepowerofblue http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109768 thepowerofblue Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:38:51 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109768 Well, if I've got his personality pegged, then his strap-on comment is likely a case of wishful thinking. Well, if I’ve got his personality pegged, then his strap-on comment is likely a case of wishful thinking.

]]> By: thepowerofblue http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109762 thepowerofblue Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:28:39 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109762 No, not French, to the best of my knowledge. I've been a fan of the Asterix the Gaul graphic novels since high school, though. No, not French, to the best of my knowledge. I’ve been a fan of the Asterix the Gaul graphic novels since high school, though.

]]> By: thepowerofblue http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109761 thepowerofblue Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:23:54 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109761 No, but I had a teacher in HS who let us read Asterix the Gaul graphic novels to help enhance our German reading comprehension. No, but I had a teacher in HS who let us read Asterix the Gaul graphic novels to help enhance our German reading comprehension.

]]> By: Mr. Dino http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109754 Mr. Dino Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:24:13 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109754 wlcum... we spik Englysh.. naice too meet U.. ^___^ wlcum… we spik Englysh.. naice too meet U.. ^___^

]]> By: Nahuel http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109741 Nahuel Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:57:10 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109741 how sad is this comment? Srsly... how sad is this comment?
Srsly…

]]> By: k28 http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109740 k28 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:56:23 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109740 Maybe he actually means there is a "hole" part of city? Maybe he actually means there is a “hole” part of city?

]]> By: annabellie79 http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109739 annabellie79 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:53:15 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109739 Better than just Square Butte, MT, we also have Crowned Buttte, Bonner, Bloody Dick Creek, and the mascot of the high school in just plain Butte, is of course the Pirates. I love place names. I have pictures of a road side rest area in North Dakota named Big Spunk Rest Area...it is kind of sticky there. Better than just Square Butte, MT, we also have Crowned Buttte, Bonner, Bloody Dick Creek, and the mascot of the high school in just plain Butte, is of course the Pirates. I love place names. I have pictures of a road side rest area in North Dakota named Big Spunk Rest Area…it is kind of sticky there.

]]> By: fuzz on the concept http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109736 fuzz on the concept Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:52:00 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109736 nelle teste buffe e moroniche di noi che conosciamo solamente il mondo inglese. nelle teste buffe e moroniche di noi che conosciamo solamente il mondo inglese.

]]> By: k28 http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109734 k28 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:47:57 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109734 This is real, no model, no photoshop. http://www.unimoron.edu.ar/ This is real, no model, no photoshop.
http://www.unimoron.edu.ar/

]]> By: Anddrew http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109729 Anddrew Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:40:11 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109729 donde está el FAIL? donde está el FAIL?

]]> By: mergaloki http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109714 mergaloki Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:38:06 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109714 Okay. We have assumed control. We have assumed control. We have assumed control. We have assumed control. Okay.
We have assumed control.
We have assumed control.
We have assumed control.
We have assumed control.

]]> By: Dragonwriter http://failblog.org/2008/09/21/university-name-fail/#comment-109712 Dragonwriter Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:28:01 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=5163#comment-109712 PPLLLLLBBBBBBBTTTTT! :p PPLLLLLBBBBBBBTTTTT!

:p

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