Re: HUMOUR: interesting tidbits from the marketing world

On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, H. S. Teoh wrote:

>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.
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>Maybe that's why the post was marked "HUMOUR" :-P
Actually... I first heard the Nova one in one of my Commercial Spanish
courses. I think it (and some other similar things) were in the text
book.

Padraic.

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