...and if you really want to know, Mitsubishi has a car named "pajero",
which in Spanish means something very naughty... (requests for
translation off-list :-) )
Alex
Am 6.Apr 2005 um 18:45 schrieb Nick Winter:
And, alledgedly, "Enco" changed its name to "Exxon" in part because
"Enco" means "stalled car" in Japanese.
--Nick
At 11:16 AM 4/6/2005 -0500, you wrote:
That was the Nova, or "no va", which in Spanish, means "doesn't go".
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At 11:11 AM 4/6/2005, you wrote:
>Which is an argument for pronouncing it Mayta.
I don't remember the exact details, but I think Ford or one of the
other
car companies once introduced a car whose name meant "Doesn't run" in
Spanish. It didn't sell too well overseas. :)
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