I can relate. Recently learned while talking to some folks from Spain, that they use the word "puta" a lot, and it is used to express feelings not meant as a rude insult, as they explained.

There are some differences in German, too. For example "wixen/wichsen" is an old word that means to wipe/shine your shoes and is still in active use in this sense in Switzerland as well as Austria, however it lost its appeal in Germany, because it is now primarily with a different meaning. The Wix company took this different understanding of its brand name to an ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IddnMutPgTI

Since we have an IT background here, same goes for "Mongo", like in MongoDB. Mongo is considered making fun of handicapped people in Germany.

Former Fraport AG changed its brand name because it was abbreviated FAG - Flughafen AG and found it difficult to expand business with that brand name.

No bad actors, if you ask me, only different context. List could go on and on...