Re: Announcement: The birth of Ophal Project
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- Subject: Re: Announcement: The birth of Ophal Project
- From: Tim Mensch <tim-lua-l@...>
- Date: 2011年8月18日 16:35:35 -0600
On 8/18/2011 5:52 AM, Axel Kittenberger wrote:
> Peter> Famously the Toyota "MR2" sports car just-about translates
> phonetically to "shit" in French.
>
> Or there is the Chevrolet Nova that surprisingly didn't sell well in
> the spanish speaking countries - literally meaning no-va: Doesn't
> go/work.
Unfortunately, the latter turns out to be an urban legend:
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
But to me (native English speaker), Ophal does seem to sound exactly
like offal. Names aren't easy to come by, though. I like "Opal", FWIW.
Tim