Re: CHAT: False friends - echos from the mother tounge
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 9, 2003, 19:02 |
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On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 12:50:09 -0500 Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...>
writes:
> Well, apparently Mitsubishi named his 4WD as "Pajero" from a Spanish
> word
> that mean a man that works with strow (paja). Unfortunately paja
> has two
> other (slangish) meanings in Spanish: bullshit and mansturbation.
> The
> vehicle is sold in Spanish speaking countries as Mitsubishi
> "Montero".
> -- Carlos Th
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I guess the USA counts as a Spanish-speaking country, then :-) .
-Stephen (Steg)
"i think we've been eating the wrong fruit"
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