Subject: Re: [idn] AMC-ACE-Z has a name: Punycode

From: "A. Vine" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 18:25:02 -0800

tedd wrote:
> 
> Naming things (i.e., children, cars, algorithms) should be well
> thought out with respect to how they are to be received. For example,
> General Motors introduced the Chevy "Nova" in South America, it was
> apparently unaware that "no va" meant locally "it won't go" and found
> poor sales. Duh.

Urban myth. See:

http://www.snopes2.com/business/misxlate/nova.htm

Andrea