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Please stop repeating the Nova thing. It's an urban legend. Just like us English-speaking peoples, people from Latin America understand the difference between
by ahoyhere 17y ago
Please stop repeating the Nova thing. It's an urban legend.
Just like us English-speaking peoples, people from Latin America understand the difference between separate and compound words.
Do you confuse a carpet and a car pet?
And according to Just As Reliable Sources As Yours, Rolls Royce changed the name before introducing to Germany. If you try to find any records of a Rolls Royce Silver Mist, you will find that there are almost no results - because the name didn't ship. The only results are erroneous, or retellings of this stupid tale, or people debunking said stupid tale.
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
http://www.i18nguy.com/translations.html http://www.i18nguy.com/translations.html
http://www.rrocwa.com/Resources/FAQ.htm http://www.rrocwa.com/Resources/FAQ.htm
This is HN. For the love of god, check your facts. Especially if it's something that's so bad it's on Snopes.
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoMy apologies for mis-speaking myself over the "Mist" aspect - I did know that the name was originally used, but changed before production. Concerning the "Nova", I did say that it was suggested - I didn't say it was true. I know it's not true. No doubt I should've made that clearer. As a non-native speaker of English that happens on occasion. I appreciate the corrections - thank you. I resent your tone, and suggest that this being HN does not exempt anyone from being at least marginally polite. The point about the difficulty of name choice still stands, and there are numerous other examples of ill-advised names being chosen through ignorance of other languages. Perhaps you would care to find the positive and suggest other examples, rather than being purely negative.