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!
