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Re:Why our product went viral in Brazil for the wrong reasons by samatman on Saturday March 23, 2013 @02:31PM (#5429147)
The Chevy Nova is another oft-cited example; "No va" means "it doesn't go" in Spanish.
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Re:Why our product went viral in Brazil for the wrong reasons by itafroma on Saturday March 23, 2013 @02:49PM (#5429235)
That story is apocryphal[1]. To use the example Snopes used, "nova" in Spanish doesn't mean "doesn't go" any more than "notable" means "no table" in English.

[1]: http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

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