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Audi names its new car 'turd': German firm's e-tron tag is very close to French word for 'excrement'
Daily Mail Online ^
| 2/5/2019
| Sara Malm
Posted on 02/07/2019 5:39:23 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Let’s see if I can win the “geezer” prize:
In the early ‘60s I worked for a New York ad agency’s Miami branch. The story was that “Big John Chili” was about to expand their sales into Canada, and thought they’d capture a bit more of the Quebec market if the label was also in French. So the cans were subtitled “Gros Jean Chili”. Trouble is, that’s a slang French Canadian expression:
“Big Tit Chili”
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posted on
02/07/2019 6:28:47 AM PST
by
QBFimi
(It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
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posted on
02/07/2019 6:33:36 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Trump: "America will never be a socialist country!")
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
It should go over well in San Francisco.
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posted on
02/07/2019 6:37:17 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.S)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
The Audi 100LS was probably a bigger etron.
To: Fresh Wind
What the Hell is that ???
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posted on
02/07/2019 6:43:12 AM PST
by
RedMonqey
("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
To: wastoute
Reminds me of Chevy Nova sales in Mexico.
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That was my thought too ,, Chevy was always a distant #2 to Fords Falcon ,, they meaning of No Va is “no go” but they never made the connection or bothered to change the name...
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posted on
02/07/2019 6:48:21 AM PST
by
Neidermeyer
(Show me a peaceful Muslim and I will show you a heretic to the Koran.)
To: mowowie
I you buy one of these Audis make sure you get the extended warranty..
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It’ll probably be Audi’s most reliable model without the complicated turbo engines with bad electronics...
The way to avoid warranty problems on an Audi (or BMW) is to buy a Toyota or Hyundai.
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posted on
02/07/2019 6:50:31 AM PST
by
Neidermeyer
(Show me a peaceful Muslim and I will show you a heretic to the Koran.)
To: norwaypinesavage
There was also the Toyota MR2 a number of years ago:
"emm" "err" "deux"
"mere-deux"
"merde"
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posted on
02/07/2019 6:52:11 AM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Hot Tabasco
“The childs name was LaTrine”
I have known a couple of ladies named LaTrinas over the years and I think one of them was from New Orleans. I do not know if if that is where you’re from but your username suggests it might be.
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posted on
02/07/2019 6:52:34 AM PST
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Reminds me of the MR2. In French “Merdeux” or , “Sh!tty”
They needed to name it the MR Sport(if)
Seems lots of things translate to poop in french.
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posted on
02/07/2019 6:52:36 AM PST
by
Celerity
To: Clutch Martin
To: IYAS9YAS
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posted on
02/07/2019 7:18:58 AM PST
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
You have to look up words in ALL languages to see if it’s bad in ONE of them. Actually, you’re screwed before you start, since certain middle-easterners will claim you’re insulting their god no matter what you say.
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posted on
02/07/2019 7:26:08 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
To: pepsionice
Yep.
Jaguar has the E-pace SUV, but it’s not electric. The Jaguar electric SUV is called the I-pace. Go figure.
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posted on
02/07/2019 7:27:48 AM PST
by
jjotto
(Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Buy an Audi e-tron...now with corn or peanut options.
To: RedMonqey
I have no idea, but it probably goes well with this...
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posted on
02/07/2019 7:37:51 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Trump: "America will never be a socialist country!")
To: Fresh Wind
“Cheap, fast, and easy”
LOL!
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posted on
02/07/2019 7:38:30 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Trump: "America will never be a socialist country!")
To: RedMonqey
What the Hell is that ???Looks like Chinese coffee.
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posted on
02/07/2019 7:47:51 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(The media tend to speak in coordination, as if there were a single source behind their "journalism".)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
As was swiftly discovered by francophones around the globe, ‘e-tron’ is very similar to the French word ‘ètron’.
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Actually they could have named it “Mist”. Sounds good until it is realized that mist is the German word for horse manure. Still Mist sounds like a good name for it.
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posted on
02/07/2019 7:53:55 AM PST
by
Yulee
To: Fresh Wind
Hmmm ... that stuff would go well with :
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posted on
02/07/2019 8:00:14 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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