Sujet : Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems
De : kludge (at) *nospam* panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 14. Oct 2024, 20:35:32
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Organisation : Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
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Don_from_AZ <
djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:
ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) writes:
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Or Chevrolet.
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I read somewhere a (possibly apocryphal) story that the Chevy "Nova" was
unpopular in Mexico because "no va" means "it won't go" in Spanish.
You would think it would, but it actually sold in spite of the name. On
the other hand, the Yugo failed to sell in the US because it frequently
did not actually go.
--scott
-- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."