Hilarious. Thanks for this.
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Feb 4, 2019, at 10:40 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > [ref > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-Turds-tp4692766.html > Mark sez> ... thanks for all the great articles you do pass on. It has been > great to read and pass on to friends and family ...< > ] > > % My thanks for the feedback of my free work since 1990 :-) > Mark's subject word, had me finding it interesting that in the last link > below from 2011, Audi still does not seem to care that their product is > named caca > https://www.google.com/search?q=caca > % > > > https://www.inquisitr.com/5280830/audi-electric-vehicle-e-tron-excrement-turd/ > Audi’s Electric Vehicle Shares Its Name With The French Word For Excrement > February 4, 2019 Kevin Tall > > [image > https://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/audi-e-tron.jpg > > > share > https://twitter.com/EconomicTimes/status/1088021020944916481 > ] > > The Audi E-tron is a seeming false cognate with the French word for > 'excrement' or 'turd.' > > German automaker Audi should have thought about checking with its neighbors > in France before settling on a name for its new all-electric line, the > e-tron. As it happens, it’s a little too close to the French word “étron,”[ > https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=fr&tl=en&text=%C3%A9tron > ] which means “excrement” or “turd.” > > Audi is literally calling its new vehicle a POS. > > But let’s not let that distract from the excitement of the company’s shiny > Super Bowl LIII commercial, which, as seen on YouTube [ > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrgq2CIag6M > ], starred a cashew. Well, it starred an office drone choking on a cashew, > having a vision of being given the e-tron by his grandfather in a pastoral > paradise, rounded out by a clip of Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky.” > > In the ad, Audi promised that “One-third of all new Audi models will be > electrified by 2025.” > > “A new era of electric is here. Meet the Audi e-tron, the only electric SUV > built with Audi DNA. With ample space for everyday life, long-range > capability and exhilarating performance with Quattro all-wheel drive, this > is way more than an electric car. This is electric done the Audi way,” reads > the Audi website. > > Twitter reactions to the Super Bowl spot were generally positive, with most > users agreeing that Audi had one of the better commercials from the evening. > They must not parlez francais. > > “No to chunky milk. Pepsi is NOT okay. Audi eTron is winning. #SuperBowl,” > user Kim Overstreet tweeted. > > “Ok that Audi eTron commercial was pretty good #SuperBowl53,” tweeted > KnitGnosis. > > But not everyone was pleased. > > “Disappointed with #Audi #etron ad – Audi is usually so clever with its > #SuperBowl advertising. #SuperBowlExp #brandexperience,” said Debbie Laskey. > > The lone reply that tweet received was from someone who finally got it. > > “I just can’t stop laughing at the name etron. In French, it means ‘Turd.’ > Such a good name XD,” tweeted GileadRoland – Ciaphas, whose Twitter bio > lists their location as Strasbourg, France. > > The Audi e-tron may be somewhat unfortunately named, but it’s not the first > product to have such a distinction and it doubtless won’t be the last. Take, > for example, Pee Cola, a soft drink from Ghana. Beverage site Dizzy Frinks [ > http://www.dizzyfrinks.com/pee-cola/ > ] notes that the soda is bottled in Ghana’s capital city of Accra and points > out that Ghana’s official language is English. Awkward. Dizzy Frinks users > ranked Pee Cola 7.6 overall, averaged across 50 ratings. > > Not content with Pee Cola, Ghana is also on the list of poorly-named > products with Shitto, a spicy pepper sauce. You can buy Shitto on Amazon, > just like almost everything else in the world. > [© inquisitr.com] > > > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVonTVs-e-tron-GT-EV-on-Super-Bowl-Ad-v-tp4692759.html > EVonTVs: e-tron GT EV on Super Bowl Ad (v) > Feb 02 2019 > ... > https://www.google.com/search?q=Dizzy+Frinks+Pee+Cola > ... > https://www.google.com/search?q=Shitto+sauce&tbm=isch > ... > https://www.google.com/search?q=Shitto+sauce&tbm=shop > ... > https://worldwideinterweb.com/worst-product-names-ever/ > ... some ridiculously named products on store shelves ... > https://www.boredpanda.com/food-name-fails/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic > ... > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/2013-VW-Golf-Blue-E-motion-EV-Audi-e-Tron-excrement-tp3208437.html > ... French synonyms for étron include caca and excrément. Or ... in English, > it means "crap, dirt, droppings ... muck, poop ... > https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/ > ... Pemex gasoline in Mexico under the name "Nova." (no va means "won't go) > ... > Jan 11, 2011 > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/archive/ > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
