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| Autor: | Dale |
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| Data: | 17/JAN/2005 10:02 PM |
| Assunto: | Re: Troller - off topic query |
| Mensagem: | Boy, the Troller certainly looks like a Jeep! Did they just come out? Does anyone know how much they cost? I'm going to be buying a vehicle in Brazil within the next 2-3 months, and I need something relatively high. I have trouble with my legs (souvenirs of a misadventures in my youth), and I've been thinking about buying a pickup. I currently have a GEO Tracker, bolt-by-bolt the same as the Suzuki 4X4 sold in Brazil and elsewhere. The Tracker is high, and I can get in and out easily. A "troller" is a fisherman who "trolls". I wonder if the company bothered to run the name by a native speaker. In Japan there is a sports drink called "Sweat". A Japanese manufacturer of colored catheters wanted to market them in the USA as "Happy Cats". A popular Mexican band calls itself "Los Dinners". "Os Jantares"? Hilarious. Well, they only missed it by one "n". Americans wanted to sell a Ford in Brazil under the same name it was known here by: "Pinto". In English and Spanish, a "pinto" is a breed of horse. In Spanish it can also mean "spotted, prisoner, etc." Near me is a Mexican restaurant (owned by Americans) called "La Cantina de la Papagayo." Say what??? |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Troller - off topic query – Tom 17/JAN/2005, 2:32 PM Re: Troller - off topic query – Nobrega 
17/JAN/2005, 4:37 PM Re: Troller - off topic query – Dean 17/JAN/2005, 5:56 PM Re: Troller - off topic query – Tom 17/JAN/2005, 7:49 PM 
Re: Troller - off topic query – Dale 17/JAN/2005, 10:02 PM Dean be careful !!!! Re: Troller - off topic query – Dean 18/JAN/2005, 12:00 AM Re: Dean/Troller – Dale 18/JAN/2005, 1:53 AM