Re: HUMOUR: interesting tidbits from the marketing world

On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 12:22:44PM -0800, Jesse Bangs wrote:
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> Hear, hear!  Many stories of cultural confusion like this are skewed at
> best, and just plain wrong at worst.  For example, the "Nova" story
> sounds good on paper, but most Spanish speakers I've talked to didn't
> immediately recognize the connection between "nova" and "no va," and if
> they did it wouldn't be a big deterrent to buying a car.  The connection
> would seem more like a joke than a serious concern.
Maybe that's why the post was marked "HUMOUR" :-P


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