Comment by dotancohen
2 years ago
> Are there any good connotations of that word?
A few other GM vehicles have this issue, Chevy in particular. A well known example is the market failure of calling a car Nova (No-Va) in South America.
2 years ago
> Are there any good connotations of that word?
A few other GM vehicles have this issue, Chevy in particular. A well known example is the market failure of calling a car Nova (No-Va) in South America.
Except that's not actually true: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanis...
You know, I've heard that rebuttal, but I've been told this anecdote of the car's notoriety by family members from Columbia and more recently from a friend from Argentina. So perhaps "no va" and "Nova" are pronounced differently, and perhaps the car did sell well, but the Spanish-speaking peoples most certainly did find the term "no va" in the car's name.
You should know what they say about the Mitsubishi Pajero, too!
It's the same difference as between papa and papá. We are trained to perceive different accented syllables as different words with different meanings.
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