Sivodsi Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Don't know if this has been posted before, but I stumbled upon it while searching for hetzer pictures. This part of it shows a whole heap of dead panzer tanks some of which I haven't seen before. Its worth digging around http://www.panzer.punkt.pl/ some more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Sivodsi, Thanks for sharing. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Sivodsi, Too bad it doesn't have an English button! Looks like a great site! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivodsi Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 Yeah, too bad indeed. Tried using http://www.humanitas-international.org/newstran/index.html but you end up with things like this: "Russians were specially wonderments , when statement them , that most as well stodgiest tank producing in series is not 23-tonowy PzKpfw IV" Urrr, yeah, very enlightening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Sivodsi, Back in my aerospace days, my favorite language flawed ad in INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE REVIEW read "For armored vehicles attacking fastly." Believe the product was an MRL firing parachute deployed AT mines. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-E Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Originally posted by John Kettler: Sivodsi, Back in my aerospace days, my favorite language flawed ad in INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE REVIEW read "For armored vehicles attacking fastly." Believe the product was an MRL firing parachute deployed AT mines. Regards, John Kettler "Pull off handle fall off door" (Ejection instruction data plate on a Beagle bomber) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 -E-, Love it! Coca Cola in its initial Chinese transliteration read "eat wax fishies" before judicious changes became the infinitely more appealing "may the mouth be refreshed." One of my favorite poorly chosen names for international business was the Chevy Nova, which south of the border and in Spain became no va (doesn't go). Exxon originally had only one "x" until it was discovered that Exon = stalled car in Japanese. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Chinese Coca Cola and Chevrolet Nova is untrue. Exon tale is also false but if you meant japanese phoenetic spelling of 'Esso' then it would be correct. "The Chevy Nova legend lives on in countless marketing textbooks, is repeated in numerous business seminars, and is a staple of newspaper and magazine columnists who need a pithy example of human folly. Perhaps someday this apocryphal tale will become what it should be: an illustration of how easily even "experts" can sometimes fall victim to the very same dangers they warn us about. " Originally posted by John Kettler: -E-, Love it! Coca Cola in its initial Chinese transliteration read "eat wax fishies" before judicious changes became the infinitely more appealing "may the mouth be refreshed." One of my favorite poorly chosen names for international business was the Chevy Nova, which south of the border and in Spain became no va (doesn't go). Exxon originally had only one "x" until it was discovered that Exon = stalled car in Japanese. Regards, John Kettler [ October 30, 2006, 08:10 AM: Message edited by: Wicky ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankibanki Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Another one: Mazda MR2 in France ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Mazda - do tell! .........Merde!! [Mitsubishi] Pajero = Spanish slang for wanker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Wicky, It appears from your first link that the story was true initially, that is, before Coca Cola put out its own official Chinese language signage in 1928. Was unaware of the many angles of the Nova story and appreciate your providing them. The Exon = stalled car story was something I read many moons ago in either TIME or U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT. Here's what a former employee of the firm's touring service had to say. See Inside Info http://shorock.com/don/maps/touring.htm See also the even more informative Esso/Jersey Standard/Humble account here. http://www.us-highways.com/sohist1999.htm And this, on the pitfalls of global marketing, covers not only the items under discussion, but many others as well, with outcomes running from hilarious to disastrous. http://www.intuitive.com/globalsoftware/gs-chap5.html Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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