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Bill Harris
post Dec 2 2005, 04:56 PM
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I guess that it means what it means. I'd suspect that "the longest day" in this context does not have the same meaning as "der längste Tag". Languages can be a headache; the classic example is the Chevy Nova automobile is the non-complimentary "No Va" in Spanish.

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post Dec 3 2005, 04:09 PM
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That's still not as bad as when Coca-Cola tried to market its product in China. They found a Chinese phrase that sounded like "Coca-Cola," but after they had the campaign in place, they discovered that the phrase chosen actually translated out to "Bite the wax tadpole."

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- Bill Harris   Hayabusa Off Topic Stuff   Dec 2 2005, 04:56 PM
- - David   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Dec 2 2005, 04:56 PM)I g...   Dec 2 2005, 06:17 PM
- - mike   A name like "Nova" isn't going to he...   Dec 2 2005, 08:05 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   We're getting, er, somewhat off the subject, b...   Dec 3 2005, 11:55 AM
|- - AstronomíaOnline.com   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 3 2005, 08:55 AM)We...   Dec 3 2005, 04:48 PM
- - dvandorn   That's still not as bad as when Coca-Cola trie...   Dec 3 2005, 04:09 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Off topic or not... Poupon... Good one, Bruce...   Dec 3 2005, 05:47 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   According to Newsweek, the theocrats who run Iran ...   Dec 4 2005, 07:34 AM
|- - David   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 4 2005, 07:34 AM)Acc...   Dec 4 2005, 11:36 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (David @ Dec 4 2005, 05:36 AM)...Not th...   Dec 4 2005, 04:32 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (David @ Dec 4 2005, 01:36 PM)The ...   Dec 4 2005, 06:19 PM
- - mike   Yeah but the thing is anything can be interpreted ...   Dec 4 2005, 09:25 PM
- - Myran   I humbly suggest that admin move the non topic par...   Dec 4 2005, 10:28 PM
- - djellison   Home for the really REALLY off topic stuff   Dec 4 2005, 11:09 PM
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