The Chevy Nova Awards
These are the nominees
for the Chevy Nova Award. This is given out of honor of GM's fiasco in
trying to market this car in Central and South America:
"No va" means of course, in Spanish, "it doesn't go".
Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an
American ad campaign:
"Nothing sucks like an Electrolux"
An American T-Shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish
market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of "I saw the Pope" (el
Papa), the shirts read:
"I saw the Potato" (la papa)
When American Airlines wanted to advertise its new leather first class
seats in the Mexican market, it translated its "Fly in Leather"
campaign literally, into the Spanish (vuela en cuero), which means:
"Fly Naked"
Authors:
Anybody's guess. These classic Urban Legends have been repeated with
variations for years and will amuse folks for years to come!
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