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Kinda reminds me of the urban legend about Chevy Novas selling poorly in Latin America because "no va" means "doesn't go" in Spanish. But this is for real. Also, Ford should be taken to task for naming their EV Mustang the Mach-E, sounds a lot like mocky, an old anti Semetic slur. As if it harkens back to Henry Ford's anti Semetic proclivities.
1 posted on 06/27/2022 2:07:26 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

Hey Mock-e-rey-nah?


2 posted on 06/27/2022 2:12:13 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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The name appears to mean “flower bear” in Japanese.

Nobody demands that the Spanish language change its word for the color black (negro), do they?


3 posted on 06/27/2022 2:12:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Impala64ssa
Ford should be taken to task for naming their EV Mustang

And that entire model line is appropriating the culture of Equine Americans, ever since the racist, speciesist 1960s!! Coincidence? I don't think so.

4 posted on 06/27/2022 2:13:18 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Curious

She claims it means “flower bear” in Japanese.

This short article explains it...

https://deadline.com/2022/06/naomi-osaka-hana-kuma-name-gaffe-in-swahili-1235051754/


6 posted on 06/27/2022 2:15:08 PM PDT by deks
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“woman without a vagina.”

...hahahahahahahahahahasnortsnorthahahahahaha!!! If men can have babies, women can have a penis and impregnate!! Hahahahahaha!! What’s the prob?


7 posted on 06/27/2022 2:15:18 PM PDT by albie
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To: Impala64ssa

Who’s upset about it? I see the keyword “Swahili”.
Are they the one’s ‘having a Cow’ over this?
I have little use for either of them, (both crybabies) but neither Naomi or Lebron are African. Sorry, Africans, just ignore the ads.
Or are some Africans just upset that they won’t be getting a piece of the dollar action? Is that really it?


8 posted on 06/27/2022 2:15:53 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Impala64ssa

“Mustang the Mach-E, sounds a lot like mocky, an old anti Semetic slur.”

Never heard the word. You certainly are up on all that.

“As if it harkens back to Henry Ford’s anti Semetic proclivities.”

Ford had a distrust of high financiers, which he got from experience and Napoleon Hill.


10 posted on 06/27/2022 2:18:06 PM PDT by odawg ( )
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To: Impala64ssa

Hakuna matata.


14 posted on 06/27/2022 2:30:59 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Impala64ssa

When did Africa get the internet is my question?...


20 posted on 06/27/2022 3:02:46 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Impala64ssa

The EV Mustang shouldn’t have the name Mustang period. Mustangs are V8s. Pure Americana!


22 posted on 06/27/2022 3:12:02 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Impala64ssa

Pretty much describes Lia Thomas.


23 posted on 06/27/2022 3:18:59 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: Impala64ssa

It is said that the Chevrolet Nova wouldn’t sell in Spanish-speaking countries because in Spanish, “no va” means “it doesn’t go.” Also, for some strange reason, a telephone called the Chat Box wouldn’t sell in France.


25 posted on 06/27/2022 3:39:52 PM PDT by Rufii
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I like a funny as much as anyone?   Can somebody reveal what this is about?
26 posted on 06/27/2022 3:57:27 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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Micky is an old anti-Semitic term?

Is that like macaca.


27 posted on 06/27/2022 4:09:02 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Impala64ssa

Hana Kuma NoGotta


28 posted on 06/27/2022 4:32:51 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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