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"Rich Carr" wrote in message om... Not according to Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp Snopes can go work it out with my Marketing professor...and with the hispanic who works for me who claims that the story is quite true. The fact that GM denies it in their "official" history does not, nor should not, draw much water. Vaughn |
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"Vaughn" wrote in message ... "Rich Carr" wrote in message om... Not according to Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp Snopes can go work it out with my Marketing professor...and with the hispanic who works for me who claims that the story is quite true. The fact that GM denies it in their "official" history does not, nor should not, draw much water. Vaughn Did you actually read the Snopes article? They hardly rely only on GM's "official" history in the debunking of the legend. |
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"Gig Giacona" wrote in message ... "Vaughn" wrote in message ... "Rich Carr" wrote in message om... Not according to Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp Snopes can go work it out with my Marketing professor...and with the hispanic who works for me who claims that the story is quite true. The fact that GM denies it in their "official" history does not, nor should not, draw much water. Vaughn Did you actually read the Snopes article? They hardly rely only on GM's "official" history in the debunking of the legend. Yes I did, and I frankly did not find much of it persuasive, it felt more like revisionism than debunking. That said, on rereading my previous post I find it harsher than I intended. Could a story so widely taught in our business schools be bunk? Yes it could! Would GM want to squelch such a story regardless of its veracity? Yes they would! The Snopes article in and of itself simply did little to convince me one way or the other. Vaughn |
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"Vaughn" wrote in message ...
"Gig Giacona" wrote in message ... "Vaughn" wrote in message ... "Rich Carr" wrote in message om... Not according to Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp Snopes can go work it out with my Marketing professor...and with the hispanic who works for me who claims that the story is quite true. The fact that GM denies it in their "official" history does not, nor should not, draw much water. Vaughn Did you actually read the Snopes article? They hardly rely only on GM's "official" history in the debunking of the legend. Yes I did, and I frankly did not find much of it persuasive, it felt more like revisionism than debunking. That said, on rereading my previous post I find it harsher than I intended. Could a story so widely taught in our business schools be bunk? Yes it could! Would GM want to squelch such a story regardless of its veracity? Yes they would! The Snopes article in and of itself simply did little to convince me one way or the other. Naming a car for an explosion does not seem to be really swift to begin with. That said, isn't the Spanish word for 'nova', also 'nova'? After all, 'nova' came into English directly from Latin in modern times. Why don't you ask your hispanic emoployee about that, and also what the Spanish word is for 'supernova'. -- FF |
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Barnyard BOb -- wrote in message . ..
We have just published the latest newsletter for the Pipistrel Sinus and Virus Motorgliders manufactured in Slovenia. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ VIRUS motorgliders ??? You too can be the envy of the tea party when you tell 'em... Ya got a.... VIRUS in Slovenia. g Barnyard BOb- not from Madison Avenue P.S. I didn't mention SINUS..... cause mine are in good shape. However, it might be worth noting that anyone looking to market a product in the USA or elsewhere... contemplate/research names very carefully. It can spell the difference between disaster and success at times. You mean like GM's electric car--the Impact? Or that ladies' jogging shoe--the Incubus? Or the diet lozenge Ayds? 1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse. IIUC Flittermouse or fleddermouse, litterally means 'flying mouse' and is the generic German word for 'bat'. 2 = Sinus - Pathology, A fistula leading from a pus-filled cavity. 3 = Virus - Various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants, animals, and bacteria that often cause disease. -- FF |
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Fred the Red Shirt wrote: Barnyard BOb -- wrote in message ... [[.. munch ..]] 1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse. IIUC Flittermouse or fleddermouse, litterally means 'flying mouse' and is the generic German word for 'bat'. If anybody cares, it's "Fliedermaus", from the words for 'flying' and 'mouse' -- standard Germanic 'cram the component words together into a single word' construction. And, yeah, it is the word for 'bat' (of the animal variety only -- not used for the baseball or cricket implement |
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Went to Europe last year, how about these car names:
Lemon Lupo Twingo Evasion Scenic Picnic Sunny Clio Check this web page out for a look at some of these cars: http://home.earthlink.net/~cindysef/cars.htm |
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The German is spelled "fledermaus" and pronounced "FLAY-der-maus."
Fr. John the Guy with the Shirt on Backwards Sometimes "Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in message om... Barnyard BOb -- wrote in message . .. We have just published the latest newsletter for the Pipistrel Sinus and Virus Motorgliders manufactured in Slovenia. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ VIRUS motorgliders ??? You too can be the envy of the tea party when you tell 'em... Ya got a.... VIRUS in Slovenia. g Barnyard BOb- not from Madison Avenue P.S. I didn't mention SINUS..... cause mine are in good shape. However, it might be worth noting that anyone looking to market a product in the USA or elsewhere... contemplate/research names very carefully. It can spell the difference between disaster and success at times. You mean like GM's electric car--the Impact? Or that ladies' jogging shoe--the Incubus? Or the diet lozenge Ayds? 1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse. IIUC Flittermouse or fleddermouse, litterally means 'flying mouse' and is the generic German word for 'bat'. 2 = Sinus - Pathology, A fistula leading from a pus-filled cavity. 3 = Virus - Various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants, animals, and bacteria that often cause disease. -- FF |
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