Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: "JeffWills" Newsgroups: japan.autos.bike,rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: What's in a name? Shimano? Deore? Sora? Tiagra? Date: 23 Jun 2005 11:35:57 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 20 Message-ID: <1119551757.339944.141670@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> References: <1119501440.084116.60180@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <42BAD41F.6030902@sheldonbrown.com> <1119543491.882587.172200@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1119545098.699104.215300@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.175.56 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1119551764 28606 127.0.0.1 (23 Jun 2005 18:36:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:36:04 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/0.2 Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com; posting-host=24.20.175.56; posting-account=w6BXngwAAAD264dJoxczg0wI4ck-Rsii Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.autos.bike:224 Werehatrack wrote: > On 23 Jun 2005 10:01:38 -0700, "Cam" wrote: > > http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp > > My Mexican co-workers at several different jobs confirmed that the > Nova was highly regarded in Mexico, particularly the older models with > the V8. > -- Yeah, that's why I didn't reference the "Brazilian/Portugese No-va story"- I knew it had been discredited. Here's a more recent GM-car-name oriented tale: http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000917.php Jeff