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This only affects developers. Limited scope. Wasn't there something related about Microsoft Lumia phones?

by NullPrefix 6y ago

kitd 6y ago
cf. the Vauxhall Nova car "No va" means "doesn't go" in Spanish.
- andrepd 6y ago
  Also Hyundai Kona, "cona" means "cunt" or "pussy" in Portuguese.
  - FridgeSeal 6y ago
    Wow, Kona Bikes [0] must have a fun time in Portugal then.. [0] https://konaworld.com/ https://konaworld.com/
  - fullstop 6y ago
    I wonder how kona coffee sells over there.
- sterwill 6y ago
  I think it's unlikely that Spanish speakers would have been confused about the word "nova" when used as a car name. In Spanish "nova" describes the same astronomical event we call a "nova" in English: a new light in the sky. Additionally Spanish "nuevo" and English "new" seem to share the same root. My point is these words all mean similar things to English- and Spanish-speaking car buyers.
  - retrac 6y ago
    For a non-mythical example, the 2nd-gen Buick LaCrosse was originally named Allure in the Canadian market. Se crosser is Quebec French slang for "to masturbate" and "la crosse" is also a slang term for a swindle or rip-off.
- geofft 6y ago
  Customers either didn't make that association or didn't care: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanis...
virgulino 6y ago
Unix users have "cu". Do "man cu", if you are curious. I haven't played with "cu" since the UUCP email era. Good times.
- moonchild 6y ago
  Doesn't exist on my system, but is at https://linux.die.net/man/1/cu https://linux.die.net/man/1/cu
nonbirithm 6y ago
Or how Siri means "buttocks" in Japanese?
- jki275 6y ago
  It’s oshiri, not Siri.
  - nonbirithm 6y ago
    Actually the 'o' is a modifier for politeness. It seems there's a version of the word without an 'o'. https://jisho.org/search/shiri https://jisho.org/search/shiri
    - jki275 6y ago
      I'm aware... But the word isn't pronounced the same anyway, and I've never heard it used without the o either.

This only affects developers. Limited scope. Wasn't there something related about Microsoft Lumia phones?

kitd 6y ago

cf. the Vauxhall Nova car "No va" means "doesn't go" in Spanish.

andrepd 6y ago
Also Hyundai Kona, "cona" means "cunt" or "pussy" in Portuguese.
- FridgeSeal 6y ago
  Wow, Kona Bikes [0] must have a fun time in Portugal then.. [0] https://konaworld.com/ https://konaworld.com/
- fullstop 6y ago
  I wonder how kona coffee sells over there.
sterwill 6y ago
I think it's unlikely that Spanish speakers would have been confused about the word "nova" when used as a car name. In Spanish "nova" describes the same astronomical event we call a "nova" in English: a new light in the sky. Additionally Spanish "nuevo" and English "new" seem to share the same root. My point is these words all mean similar things to English- and Spanish-speaking car buyers.
- retrac 6y ago
  For a non-mythical example, the 2nd-gen Buick LaCrosse was originally named Allure in the Canadian market. Se crosser is Quebec French slang for "to masturbate" and "la crosse" is also a slang term for a swindle or rip-off.
geofft 6y ago
Customers either didn't make that association or didn't care: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanis...

virgulino 6y ago

Unix users have "cu". Do "man cu", if you are curious. I haven't played with "cu" since the UUCP email era. Good times.

moonchild 6y ago
Doesn't exist on my system, but is at https://linux.die.net/man/1/cu https://linux.die.net/man/1/cu

nonbirithm 6y ago

Or how Siri means "buttocks" in Japanese?

jki275 6y ago
It’s oshiri, not Siri.
- nonbirithm 6y ago
  Actually the 'o' is a modifier for politeness. It seems there's a version of the word without an 'o'. https://jisho.org/search/shiri https://jisho.org/search/shiri
  - jki275 6y ago
    I'm aware... But the word isn't pronounced the same anyway, and I've never heard it used without the o either.