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Re:When Good Codenames Go Bad (2006) by closewith on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @09:30AM (#31739164)
Not a tech company despite their ambitions, but many Volkswagen models are named for winds (in German):

* Golf - Gulf Stream,

* Jetta - Jet Stream,

* Passat - Trade wind,

* Polo - Polar winds,

* Scirocco - Mediterranean/Saharan wind.

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Re:When Good Codenames Go Bad (2006) by kubanczyk on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @07:52AM (#31751630)
Huh? "Polo"! How elegant. Too bad the evidence for it seems to be basically hearsay.

Maybe someone digs up a German source? Would be a cool addition to the Polo's Wikipedia articles. (The German Wikipedia says it's after sport not after the polar wind, but it's entirely unsourced.)

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Re:When Good Codenames Go Bad (2006) by closewith on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @10:23AM (#31753342)
It was received wisdom to me, but on closer inspection, it seems to be all nonsense: https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/05/inside-the-industr...

My apologies!

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