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Started by Ecurb Noselrub, May 18, 2012, 01:31:09 AM

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Ecurb Noselrub

May 18, 2012, 01:31:09 AM
The new French prime minister's name sounds like a slang word for penis in Arabic.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/17/world/meast/france-pm-name-embarrassment/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2

I say send him to negotiate peace between the Jews and Muslims.  They will start laughing so much that they won't be able to hate each other anymore.

xSilverPhinx

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May 18, 2012, 03:50:22 AM
LOL

How unfortunate for him. I don't even speak Arabic and I'm almost chuckling when I read his name,

There was a car called Pinto (which means penis) released here in Brazil a while back...needless to say that it didn't sell very well and they had to change the name.
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Hector Valdez

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May 18, 2012, 04:12:54 AM
Silver Sphinx, I want to deep fry your avatar and eat with tortillasHEY JAJA means HUEVOS!  :o

OldGit

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May 18, 2012, 10:24:56 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinxThere was a car called Pinto (which means penis) released here in Brazil a while back...needless to say that it didn't sell very well and they had to change the name.

There is a story that Rolls Royce had to change the name of the Silver Mist in Germany.  Mist is German for 'dung'.

Crow

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May 18, 2012, 10:37:32 AM
Quote from: OldGit on May 18, 2012, 10:24:56 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinxThere was a car called Pinto (which means penis) released here in Brazil a while back...needless to say that it didn't sell very well and they had to change the name.

There is a story that Rolls Royce had to change the name of the Silver Mist in Germany.  Mist is German for 'dung'.

And the Toyota MR2 in France sounds similarly to merde when pronounced.
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OldGit

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May 18, 2012, 10:44:55 AM
Quote from: CrowAnd the Toyota MR2 in France sounds similarly to merde when pronounced.

Hey, so it does!  I never thought of that.

markmcdaniel

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May 18, 2012, 11:14:50 AM
If Memory serves me right THE Chevy Nova meant something like it doesn;t run in Mexican Spanish.
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OldGit

#7
May 18, 2012, 11:34:28 AM
Of course!  No va - doesn't go.  Excellent!

AnimatedDirt

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May 18, 2012, 03:58:22 PM
Quote from: markmcdaniel on May 18, 2012, 11:14:50 AM
If Memory serves me right THE Chevy Nova meant something like it doesn;t run in Mexican Spanish.

"Mexican" Spanish?   :D

Ali

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May 18, 2012, 04:37:17 PM
Quote from: AnimatedDirt on May 18, 2012, 03:58:22 PM
Quote from: markmcdaniel on May 18, 2012, 11:14:50 AM
If Memory serves me right THE Chevy Nova meant something like it doesn;t run in Mexican Spanish.

"Mexican" Spanish?   :D

Probably referring to the dialect.  The Spanish they speak in Mexico is a bit different than, for example, the Spanish they speak Spain, or in Cuba.  Not so much that Spanish speakers from different regions can't understand each other, but kind of like the difference between US English and British English.  We have different slang, colloquialisms, et cetera. 

AnimatedDirt

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May 18, 2012, 05:15:00 PM
Quote from: Ali on May 18, 2012, 04:37:17 PM
Quote from: AnimatedDirt on May 18, 2012, 03:58:22 PM
Quote from: markmcdaniel on May 18, 2012, 11:14:50 AM
If Memory serves me right THE Chevy Nova meant something like it doesn;t run in Mexican Spanish.

"Mexican" Spanish?   :D

Probably referring to the dialect.  The Spanish they speak in Mexico is a bit different than, for example, the Spanish they speak Spain, or in Cuba.  Not so much that Spanish speakers from different regions can't understand each other, but kind of like the difference between US English and British English.  We have different slang, colloquialisms, et cetera.

I understand...but it's not even a slang or colloquialism in Spanish or "Mexican"...it's just one English word that incorporates two Spanish words that in context of being the name of a car makes one giggle.  Having grown up speaking Spanish and being surrounded by the language, I have never heard anyone use "no va" as a slang or colloquialism except in referring to THE car.

It always makes me cringe when a person asks another if they speak "Mexican".  It's like me asking a Brit if he/she speaks British.

:)  I get it though. 

DeterminedJuliet

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May 18, 2012, 06:56:40 PM
Quebec people are known to speak "Québécois" as opposed to french. And french people in Nova Scotia are known to speak "Acadian" along the same vein. ibm might have better input on how appropriate that is, though, as I'm super anglophone. :P 
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#12
May 18, 2012, 09:04:52 PM
Well, it's one thing to ask a mexican if they speak spanish. However, it is a common mistake to accidentally ask a mexican if they are spanish. Ooo...yeah, that will not go over well with the ladies.... :-X

Ali

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May 18, 2012, 09:10:08 PM
Quote from: RenegeReversi on May 18, 2012, 09:04:52 PM
Well, it's one thing to ask a mexican if they speak spanish. However, it is a common mistake to accidentally ask a mexican if they are spanish. Ooo...yeah, that will not go over well with the ladies.... :-X

*Snerk*  Sometimes my dad (Mexican American) gets drunk and rants about Spaniards.

En_Route

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May 18, 2012, 11:55:27 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 18, 2012, 03:50:22 AM
LOL

How unfortunate for him. I don't even speak Arabic and I'm almost chuckling when I read his name,

There was a car called Pinto (which means penis) released here in Brazil a while back...needless to say that it didn't sell very well and they had to change the name.

Odd when you think that cars for men are popularly supposed to be virility symbols.
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