On 11-08-06 3:27 PM, August Abolins -> Sean Dennis wrote:

 AA> I'm a 1st generation Latvian/Canadian. Vista was hilarious to me:


 AA> "MICROSOFT MARKETERS are having a hell of a job establishing the super
 AA> soaraway operating system in the pecking order in Latvia.
 AA> Apparently, whenever they ring up peddling Vista, Latvians burst out
 AA> laughing because the name means "chicken" or "frumpy
woman" in the local
 AA> lingo."

Similarly, the 1960's Chevy Nova had marketing problems in Latin American -
"No va" in Spanish translating to "Doesn't go"... not
what you want from a car.

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