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You've run into the same naming problem GM did with the Vauxhall/Opel Nova: "No Va" literally means some variant of "it doesn't go" in (at least) Italian, Spani
by regularfry 1y ago
You've run into the same naming problem GM did with the Vauxhall/Opel Nova: "No Va" literally means some variant of "it doesn't go" in (at least) Italian, Spanish, and French.
- bobbylarrybobby 1y agoAnd Uranus (when spoken aloud) means “your butt”. Is this really a big concern?
- LtdJorge 1y agoNo, I’m from Spain and have never though about that "no va" thing. Nova comes from Latin AFAIK. It would be "nueva" in Spanish and "nuova" in Italian. Edit: Uranus is Latin too :)
- SwiftyBug 1y agoAnd "nova" in Portuguese!
- schonfinkel 1y agoFuture astronomers will rename it to "Urectum" to stop the stupid jokes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0czFnIvKOJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0czFnIvKOJY
- jen20 1y agoWhile this is a nice story, it's not true [1] [2]. [1]: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanis... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Chevy_II_/_Nova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Chevy_II_/_Nova
- macintux 1y agoIf nothing else, perhaps this persistent myth helps reduce the naming conflicts when someone wants to use Nova.
- NinoScript 1y agoAs a native Spanish speaker, this sounds totally made up. Nova sounds like an astronomy word, like supernova. “No va” to me means something like “it’s not happening” or “the plans have been cancelled”. But it’s pronounced very differently.