ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!! They then discovered that in Brazilian Portuguese slang, pinto means "small penis".
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alistair Bell [mailto:albell@UVIC.CA] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 04:49 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: GM's car naming fiasco/true/f/nvc/slightly adult > > Found at the Beeb world service site > > Alistair > > > Buick 'masturbation' car renamed > > > Red-faced officials at General Motors in Canada have been forced to think of > a new name for their latest model after discovering it was a slang word for > masturbation. > > GM officials said they had been unaware that LaCrosse was a term for > self-gratification among teenagers in French-speaking Quebec. > > They are now working on a new name for the LaCrosse in Canada. The car will > go on sale next year to replace the Buick Regal. > > > More recently, Mitsubishi had to change the name of its Pajero model in > Spanish speaking countries, where the word is a slang term for > "masturbator". > > While Toyota's Fiera proved controversial in Puerto Rico, where fiera > translated to "ugly old woman". > > And Ford didn't have the reception it expected in Brazil when their Pinto > car flopped. > > They then discovered that in Brazilian Portuguese slang, pinto means "small > penis". > > > Story from BBC NEWS: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/business/3208501.stm > > Published: 2003/10/23 15:35:30 GMT > |
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