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Wondered why that name was chosen too. Etymology meaning failure does show it to come from Italian far fiasco = make a bottle = dud theatrical performance. Rem
by escherplex 8y ago
Wondered why that name was chosen too. Etymology meaning failure does show it to come from Italian far fiasco = make a bottle = dud theatrical performance. Reminds you of GM motors wondering why their Chevy Nova wasn't selling well in Latin America. Why? In Spanish Nova = No va = It doesn't go (work).
- nix0n 8y agoSnopes[0] disagrees with this story. [0] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanis...
- escherplex 8y agoIt is still a marketing class cliché [1] however debunked [1] https://www.thoughtco.com/chevy-nova-that-wouldnt-go-3078090 https://www.thoughtco.com/chevy-nova-that-wouldnt-go-3078090
- dsr_ 8y agoIf you knock a glass bottle off of a table, it makes a terrible mess.
- kayamon 8y agoI believe the name deliberately refers to the licensing fiasco over who owned the original rights to the L4 kernel that the many spinoffs are based on.