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If the developers knew their art history better, it would have been named
POM-Ray, as they were trying to think of the Dali painting "Persistence of
Memory."
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"gregjohn" <pte### [at] yahoo com> wrote:
> If the developers knew their art history better, it would have been named
> POM-Ray, as they were trying to think of the Dali painting "Persistence of
> Memory."
:) In french POM sounds like Pomme = Apple, which is quite nicer, too.
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Warp wrote:
> "Nova" in Spanish means exactly the same thing as it means in English,
> and isn't confused with anything else.
But people who had troubles with their Nova car will still say it "no va".
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Kenneth wrote:
> "Mr" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>> In French, POV-Ray as a name sounds... how could I call it... really,
>> really cheap! it's actually pretty close to if it was called "POO-Ray"
>> for english speakers.
>
> Actually, I don't even know how to pronounce POV-Ray in Americanized
> English.
> :-(
>
> "pov"-ray with a short o? P*O*V*-ray as separate initials? What's the
> official pronunciation? Whenever I mention the program to friends, I
> ...stumble.
The first time I had to pronounce "Python" (referring to the programming
language) I really stumbled. I had never needed to say it before, either
referring to the language or to the snake...
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Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > "Nova" in Spanish means exactly the same thing as it means in English,
> > and isn't confused with anything else.
> But people who had troubles with their Nova car will still say it "no va".
I understand that it works as a joke, but I don't think "Nova" would
actually *confuse* anybody.
--
- Warp
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:01:41 -0400, Warp wrote:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>> For instance they name a car "Nova", though in some language it happens
>> to mean "doesn't go".
>
> Urban legend which isn't true.
>
> "Nova" in Spanish means exactly the same thing as it means in English,
> and isn't confused with anything else.
But "No va" does in fact mean "it doesn't go". That's where the joke
comes from, and when you say "nova" or "no va", in most Spanish-speaking
countries, it sounds the same. (That's based on my both having been to
Mexico *and* Spain, BTW).
So in fact it *is* true except for those who are pedantic and pronounce
the space in between "no" and "va".
Jim
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:40:39 -0400, Warp wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>> > "Nova" in Spanish means exactly the same thing as it means in
>> > English,
>> > and isn't confused with anything else.
>
>> But people who had troubles with their Nova car will still say it "no
>> va".
>
> I understand that it works as a joke, but I don't think "Nova" would
> actually *confuse* anybody.
Nobody claimed that it would, it's called a "joke", and product naming
often is subject to jokes, especially when it's something so obviously
antithetical to the product's function - like a car that won't go.
Jim
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:34:24 -0400, Kenneth wrote:
> "Mr" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>
>> In French, POV-Ray as a name sounds... how could I call it... really,
>> really cheap! it's actually pretty close to if it was called "POO-Ray"
>> for english speakers.
>
> Actually, I don't even know how to pronounce POV-Ray in Americanized
> English. :-(
>
> "pov"-ray with a short o? P*O*V*-ray as separate initials? What's the
> official pronunciation? Whenever I mention the program to friends, I
> ...stumble.
>
> Ken
I pronounce it "pahv-ray".
Jim
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> > I understand that it works as a joke, but I don't think "Nova" would
> > actually *confuse* anybody.
> Nobody claimed that it would, it's called a "joke", and product naming
> often is subject to jokes, especially when it's something so obviously
> antithetical to the product's function - like a car that won't go.
What I meant was that in my experience (I have lived in Spain) nobody
would think of "no va" from seeing the word "Nova", unless someone
explicitly pointed it out for them.
--
- Warp
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:01:41 -0400, Warp wrote:
> > clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> >> For instance they name a car "Nova", though in some language it happens
> >> to mean "doesn't go".
> >
> > Urban legend which isn't true.
> >
> > "Nova" in Spanish means exactly the same thing as it means in English,
> > and isn't confused with anything else.
> But "No va" does in fact mean "it doesn't go". That's where the joke
> comes from, and when you say "nova" or "no va", in most Spanish-speaking
> countries, it sounds the same. (That's based on my both having been to
> Mexico *and* Spain, BTW).
But the urban legend explicitly states that the car sold poorly because
it was named "Nova", not that people were joking about the name.
> So in fact it *is* true except for those who are pedantic and pronounce
> the space in between "no" and "va".
There's a clear difference in which syllable is stressed.
--
- Warp
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