Re: CHAT: False friends - echos from the mother tounge

Stone Gordonssen scripsit:

> Of course, there are sometimes unexpected ramifications. Chevrolet's
> puzzlement of why their "Nova" didn't sell well in Latin countries. "Nova"
> -> "no va" -> "(it) doesn't go".
ObMemeStomper:  This story is absolutely bogus.  See
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.htm (except it seems to be
broken at the moment).  Anyhow, the Chevrolet Nova has always sold
very well in Mexico:  Mexicans aren't idiots.

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