On 11-08-07 7:39 AM, Sean Dennis -> Alan Zisman wrote:
 SD> Hello, Alan.

 SD> Saturday August 06 2011 at 22:55, you wrote to August Abolins:

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

 SD> Yep, I'd mentioned that too in my response to him. Kinda funny that we
 SD> Americans don't think about what we name products. That is one of the
 SD> reasons why I'll never name a child "Misty" since in
German, "misty" is
 SD> slang for poo.

All connected up with the way native-born English-speakers (not just US-based) are
among the least multilingual in the world.

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