Giancarlo Livraghi [16 April 2012 15:17]:
The Ford Figo story is quite intriguing. Apparently the name was chosen
because Figo means 'cool' in Italian. Nobody in Detroit or Chennai appears
to be aware of the anatomical-sexual implications (though maybe someone is in
Brazil, where this model
Suresh Ramasubramanian [today]
This thread seems to say figo - the masculine -
is cool while the feminine, figa is vagina,
and by extension, hot, sexy etc?
No, it doesn't work that way (though someone in Ford seems to think so).
It starts with the fact figa is jargon for vagina - therefore
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Giancarlo Livraghi g...@gandalf.it wrote:
The Ford Figo story is quite intriguing. Apparently the name was chosen
because Figo means 'cool' in Italian. Nobody in Detroit or Chennai appears
to be aware of the anatomical-sexual implications (though maybe someone
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:09 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
There is also the Mitsubishi Pajero ... which I dont believe they sell
with the same name in Spain and Latin america since Pajero isnt a
pleasant word.
Public service message - the relevant bits of wikipedia.
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 6:39 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
There is also the Mitsubishi Pajero ... which I dont believe they sell
with the same name in Spain and Latin america since Pajero isnt a
pleasant word.
Having fallen in love with the vehicle in the 90s, looked for it when
