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Long time ago a friend oof mine told me that Passat is a horrible choice for a car name, because it sounds like "Pas ça!" (=not that) in French. Can any native
by jansan 4y ago
Long time ago a friend oof mine told me that Passat is a horrible choice for a car name, because it sounds like "Pas ça!" (=not that) in French. Can any native French speakers tell me if this really sounds awkward, or is it just a name like any other?
- 1983054105 4y agoI'm French and it doesn't sound weird because we (and the advertisements) have always pronounced the "t" at the end. On the other hand, the Audio "e-tron" changed its name in France because "étron" means excrement in French.
- carl_dr 4y agoAudi didn’t change the “e-tron” name in France, as you can see from the Audi homepage : https://www.audi.fr/fr/web/fr.html https://www.audi.fr/fr/web/fr.html
- neural_thing 4y agoIt also sounds like "to pee" in Russian
- heavenlyblue 4y agoMore like "to piss" rather than "to pee"
- toolslive 4y agoford nova (no va!)
- stardenburden 4y agowasnt that one chevrolet