Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!idis!mi-cec!dvk From: dvk@mi-cec.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Direct Translations Message-ID: <108@mi-cec.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jun-83 09:52:08 EDT Article-I.D.: mi-cec.108 Posted: Fri Jun 24 09:52:08 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jun-83 19:23:15 EDT Lines: 10 Americans are typically pretty naive about the rest of the world. The larger cars often have "Body by Fischer" on the door jamb. These cars didn't sell too terribly well in Europe, because the sign was translated to "Corpse by Fischer". Also, the Chevy Nova (which sold well in the US) didn't sell at all in Latin America. They finally realized why and changed the name, because in Spanish, "No va" means "Won't go". -Dan Klein, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh