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 Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:49 pm
Yesh...so weird. How could such a big company not know that? Wouldn't someone tell them? = : o
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:54 pm
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Spanish Nerd Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:59 pm
Water_Tigris Yesh...so weird. How could such a big company not know that? Wouldn't someone tell them? = : o Stuff like that happens too much. xd Honestly, I don't undestand how you don't research things so you don't offend people. I heard that once there was this car company, I believe it was Chevy, that exported its automobiles to Mexico. One of the makes was called "NOVA". And in Spanish, "no va" means "it doesn't go". lol (I'm not sure if I remembered that right, but it' close. xp )
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:30 pm
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:28 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:43 am
Water_Tigris Its aweful, weird and funny at the same time. neutral I hate it when companies don't research the product name. Does anyone know another example of this? I have another, and I'm pretty sure its true 'cause I heard it from a reliable source. Okay, when Coca Cola first dayviewed in India, they made the cans and bottles white. Months went by and no one was buying. Why? Because in India white is the color of death. So the company found this out and changed it immediately. I can't believe that would happen! >.< In China, they couldn't figure out why nobody was buying Coca Cola, but then they realised that their translation of the Coca Cola slogan was off; they were saying "Coca Cola will bring your ancestors back from the dead!" Also, a car company was having trying to sell a car entitled a 'Nova' in Spain. No va. Who would buy a car that doesn't go? rofl
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:55 pm
Eccentric Iconoclast Water_Tigris Its aweful, weird and funny at the same time. neutral I hate it when companies don't research the product name. Does anyone know another example of this? I have another, and I'm pretty sure its true 'cause I heard it from a reliable source. Okay, when Coca Cola first dayviewed in India, they made the cans and bottles white. Months went by and no one was buying. Why? Because in India white is the color of death. So the company found this out and changed it immediately. I can't believe that would happen! >.< In China, they couldn't figure out why nobody was buying Coca Cola, but then they realised that their translation of the Coca Cola slogan was off; they were saying "Coca Cola will bring your ancestors back from the dead!" Also, a car company was having trying to sell a car entitled a 'Nova' in Spain. No va. Who would buy a car that doesn't go? rofl Oh...so it was Spain? Thanks for that. 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:15 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:58 am
spanishnerd99 Here's a cool site I found on Spanish names, plus it includes some others. http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/spa.php
Mah name is Silvia. Latin! <3
I don't have a last name. And my last name is López. MOST. SPANISH. LAST NAME. EVAR. Yeah. xD
One name I love is Caoimnhe (Pronounced "keeva" I think). Irish. :B <3
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:00 am
My parents gave me the name Thao, which means obedience, I think, in Vietnamese. It actually has a hooked accent above the "a". It's quite a common Vietnamese name really.
When I was learning chinese I was called "Mali" which is a direct translation of Mary.
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:33 am
Water_Tigris Its aweful, weird and funny at the same time. neutral I hate it when companies don't research the product name. Does anyone know another example of this? there was an asian car company (i think it was mitsubishi) they made a big car (a SUV i think) and wanted a spanish sounding name for it. And they came up with Pajero!!! (which means wanker in spanish)...... they're sold with a different name in europe, but we found one on cyprus and since then with my spanish friends we always scream "pajero cabron!!!" when we see a mitsubishi....
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:33 pm
My real name is Jerica which my parents made by mixing the names of my cousin Eric and my aunt Jesse. In Japanese it would be Jierika, but i use Urameshi Herumouni most of the time which I westerninzed for my screen name. (I'm thinking of changing it though.)
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:38 pm
my first name is Joshua I know it's hebrew but I don't know what it means
my last name is extremely common "Bennett"
my mom's maiden name was "Nielsen" which is Danish
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:45 am
My mother's maiden name is Impastato, which is a great little Italian name.
I could have been Dave Impastato! How cool is that?
I'm kinda mad at my dad for marrying her and messing it up. xp
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Spanish Nerd Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:19 pm
Morphine spanishnerd99 Here's a cool site I found on Spanish names, plus it includes some others. http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/spa.php
Mah name is Silvia. Latin! <3
I don't have a last name. And my last name is López. MOST. SPANISH. LAST NAME. EVAR. Yeah. xD
One name I love is Caoimnhe (Pronounced "keeva" I think). Irish. :B <3I've already told you I love your name, no? xd
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