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Kuga means plaque in Slovenian. I imagine that is not association Ford wants me to have when I see their so-named car.
by samastur 10y ago
Kuga means plaque in Slovenian. I imagine that is not association Ford wants me to have when I see their so-named car.
- StavrosK 10y ago"Aygo" means "egg" in Greek. It doesn't help that the car looks a bit like an egg too.
- test1235 10y agoI'm 90% sure this is intentional, but "kuga" is pronounced the same as "cougar" which is slang for a certain type of middle-aged woman, at whom I'm pretty certain the car is marketed.
- petepete 10y agoAnd not at all confusing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cougar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cougar
- ghaff 10y agoThis pretty much points out to just how challenging worrying about name collisions/connotations can be. Sometimes it is a genuine issue. Other times, like the iPad for example, there may be a few titters here and there. And you'll have a few self-professed experts claiming that the company marketing really messed up. But it's often genuinely not an issue. Naming is a pain in the neck. I've been through it several times. And there's a huge amount of effort and no small amount of money often involved. It's hugely difficult to come up with something that is available, searchable, not confusing, works across languages, and that none of the major stakeholders especially hates.
- jghn 10y agoThe car predates the other term by a few decades
- tyingq 10y agoBrought to you by the makers of the "Ford Probe". That wasn't a case of missing a different meaning in a language other than their first.