"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Was pleasantly surprised by the worst car names one. I clicked, fully expecting to see the stupid old claim that the Chevy Nova bombed in Latin America because, hur hur hur, "No Va" means no go in Spanish, hur hur hur.
Which is stupid. Nova means the same thing in Spanish it does in English... new. That's it. To get no go you must break the word in two, and Chevy never did that, only morons spreading idiotic BS urban legends. In fact, the Nova was a huge seller in Latin America. But hey, why let actual facts get in the way of a good story, right?
Anyway, most of the names in the article were good examples, save one: the Studebaker Dictator. The writer should have known better, trying to tie the name of a US car first marketed in 1927 with Adolph Hitler. Thing is, in the US of 1927 nobody but obsessive foreign policy geeks would have know who Hitler was. Nobody outside Germany knew who he was in 1937. Dictator didn't have to odious connotations then that it does today - in fact, the term was an actual office of the Roman Republic, granted only under times of extreme national emergency and only for six month's duration. The absolute rulers of the mid Twentieth Century gave the term horrible meaning.
Damn it. Why do typos only show up in posts after submitting them?
Anyway, the middle of my final paragraph above should read "Nobody outside Germany knew who he was in 1927."
But even in 1937 Hitler was not the monster we know today. Many in the West still admired him... including many leftists, who thought the only real question for the century was which version of totalitarianism was the best, Communism, National Socialism, or Fascism?
rman, I'd say what changed him is the red-haired girl becoming the red-haired boy and angrily telling Charlie xe's pronouns. We all know what changed Snoopy; finding out about Fauci.
That guy is probably listening to modern alternaive 'rock'. They all want to be in Heineken commercials or they whine about how life is hard.
I'd think the Gremlin was a crappy name as gremlins are the things that make machines not work. The folks at AMC obviously never watched Bugs Bunny cartoons from the 40s. I've never understood that name.
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ReplyDeleteWas pleasantly surprised by the worst car names one. I clicked, fully expecting to see the stupid old claim that the Chevy Nova bombed in Latin America because, hur hur hur, "No Va" means no go in Spanish, hur hur hur.
ReplyDeleteWhich is stupid. Nova means the same thing in Spanish it does in English... new. That's it. To get no go you must break the word in two, and Chevy never did that, only morons spreading idiotic BS urban legends. In fact, the Nova was a huge seller in Latin America. But hey, why let actual facts get in the way of a good story, right?
Anyway, most of the names in the article were good examples, save one: the Studebaker Dictator. The writer should have known better, trying to tie the name of a US car first marketed in 1927 with Adolph Hitler. Thing is, in the US of 1927 nobody but obsessive foreign policy geeks would have know who Hitler was. Nobody outside Germany knew who he was in 1937. Dictator didn't have to odious connotations then that it does today - in fact, the term was an actual office of the Roman Republic, granted only under times of extreme national emergency and only for six month's duration. The absolute rulers of the mid Twentieth Century gave the term horrible meaning.
Damn it. Why do typos only show up in posts after submitting them?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, the middle of my final paragraph above should read "Nobody outside Germany knew who he was in 1927."
But even in 1937 Hitler was not the monster we know today. Many in the West still admired him... including many leftists, who thought the only real question for the century was which version of totalitarianism was the best, Communism, National Socialism, or Fascism?
Delayed typo bombs are a known hazard of posting comments. For a small fee, I'll be glad to proofread your comments before you post them.
ReplyDeleteCharlie Brown no longer looks like the guy who would let Lucy get away with jerking the football away.
ReplyDeleterman, I'd say what changed him is the red-haired girl becoming the red-haired boy and angrily telling Charlie xe's pronouns.
ReplyDeleteWe all know what changed Snoopy; finding out about Fauci.
That guy is probably listening to modern alternaive 'rock'.
They all want to be in Heineken commercials or they whine about how life is hard.
I'd think the Gremlin was a crappy name as gremlins are the things that make machines not work. The folks at AMC obviously never watched Bugs Bunny cartoons from the 40s.
I've never understood that name.
Instead of stopping and smelling the roses, try stopping and letting wisdom catch you.
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