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Mentaltossflycoon
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RetiredUnit1
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Another case of language hiccups. When Chevy released the Nova to Mexico, it didn't sell ANY at first. El Chevy Nova loosly translated from Spanish means "The Chevy won't run".
Harry Klippton
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My high school Spanish teacher told us this all the time. Don't forget the shrimp too
FACT CHECK: Did the Chevrolet Nova Fail to Sell in Spanish-Speaking Countries?
Did the Chevrolet Nova sell poorly in Spanish-speaking countries?
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Harry Klippton
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ThanksFACT CHECK: Did the Chevrolet Nova Fail to Sell in Spanish-Speaking Countries?
Did the Chevrolet Nova sell poorly in Spanish-speaking countries?
RetiredUnit1
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I asked my Spanish friend Frank what the camarones meant as slang for a bad driver. He said "there's this fresh water shrimp in Mexico, and as you know shrimp are from salt water. The myth goes that the shrimp were so bad in finding their way around, that they got lost and ended up in a lake instead of the sea. So bad drivers that don't know what they are doing, or where they are going are camarones!"
RetiredUnit1
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Snopes is run by TWO PEOPLE and they are so full of "it" that it's not funny. I saw this WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING. My friends used to call it the Chevy NO GO. This was in the 70's, way before Snopes, or the internet was born.
Betty Wont
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I have Chinese ancestry and the name of a Japanese car model called the “Rouge” is a big cringe as a political and societal etiquette phrase through English translation.
Mentaltossflycoon
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Most of the Novas that I've come across couldn't "va" at all.
Betty Wont
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My first car as a kid was the ‘87 Chevy nova mini hatchback. It had Nova at all.
But the 70’s ones 
Mentaltossflycoon
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I knew a couple redneck kids in highschool who both bought junked out 70s Novas to fix up but didn't have the follow through. Just heaps in their driveways. Another one of those dudes who had some follow through had a late 60s Chevelle that he fixed up right. Really dark green sparkle paint. I'm not even in to muscle/vintage cars but that thing was beautiful.
benny_profane
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You’re joking right.
Fama
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If only there was some useful resource for checking whether your debunking of the debunking site is true, like their "Our Team" page?
I don't doubt that you used to call it "Chevy No Go", but I assume you lived in the US back in the 70's and not Mexico? The myth is not about the name (like the article pointed out, many car or car company names have jokes about them), it's about sales caused by the name, and there doesn't seem to be much proof the sales were bad because of the name.
coltonius
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Well this took a turn.. Are we all camarones now?
Snopes could be run by ONE person and still be an accurate fact checker if they're using proper sources and evidence for their articles. Conversely, they could be run by a team of a hundred people who use your aunt's facebook as a source, and they'd be a garbage site. It's not about man power, it's about substance.
Snopes could be run by ONE person and still be an accurate fact checker if they're using proper sources and evidence for their articles. Conversely, they could be run by a team of a hundred people who use your aunt's facebook as a source, and they'd be a garbage site. It's not about man power, it's about substance.
DAJE
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Every time I see this thread title, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden leaps into my head. Because I am blessed/cursed with the inabilty to forget any trashy pop music from before about 1985...
jhaneyzz
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kill-joy...FACT CHECK: Did the Chevrolet Nova Fail to Sell in Spanish-Speaking Countries?
Did the Chevrolet Nova sell poorly in Spanish-speaking countries?
