Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems

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Sujet : Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems
De : naddy (at) *nospam* mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
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Date : 15. Oct 2024, 15:36:09
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On 2024-10-14, Don_from_AZ <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:

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.

I don't doubt that somebody sniggered over it.  I'll point out,
though, that the Spanish word for "nova", is, well, "nova".

And I see there's a note about this in the expected place:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Chevy_II_/_Nova#Urban_legend

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de

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10 Oct 24 * (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems16James Nicoll
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11 Oct 24 +- Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems1Bobbie Sellers
11 Oct 24 `* Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems13Lynn McGuire
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11 Oct 24  i`* Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems2Lynn McGuire
12 Oct 24  i `- Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems1Dimensional Traveler
14 Oct 24  +* Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems6Robert Woodward
14 Oct 24  i`* Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems5ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
14 Oct 24  i +* Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems3Don_from_AZ
14 Oct 24  i i+- Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems1Scott Dorsey
15 Oct 24  i i`- Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems1Christian Weisgerber
20 Oct 24  i `- Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems1ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
14 Oct 24  +- Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems1Lynn McGuire
18 Oct 24  `* Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems2Robert Carnegie
18 Oct 24   `- Re: (ReacTor) Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems1ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan

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