I know I've harped on about this before, but I had to get it off my chest.
While driving into Limoges this week I passed two huge billboards. The first was for the 'Opel Mokka'. Looking at the picture, I guess it is intended to put the mockers on the Nissan Qashquai (is that how you spell it?) - another stupid name.
The second billboard was advertising the special edition 'Mini One Docklands'. Honestly.
It put me in mind of years ago when Renault here used to sell the 21 Manager.
I was driving my friend's Citroen C3. Now what could be wrong with a name like that?
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Ahh wait until Citroen think of a Star wars special edition.. the C3 PO.
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Doesn't C3 suggest the kind of c'est toi fingerpointing I imagine occurs when a bad smell appears in a French playground? Evidently Citroën hasn't found it a problem but Toyota had to rename the MR2 for a similarly homophonic reason.
Last edited by: WillDeBeest on Fri 18 Jan 13 at 11:02
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You must have missed the Vauxhall / Opel Adam ....... yes I do know about Adam Opel.
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Renault Zoe, going off this trend the new Ford Ka will be Henry or Bill but not Edsel.
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>>Doesn't C3 suggest the kind of c'est toi fingerpointing I imagine occurs when a bad smell appears in a French playground?<<
Could do - I must confess I hadn't thought of that one. There's a few bad smells about it, but mainly because it's a diesel and it's the dog car!
Its owner is a French teacher of French but her husband is American so she calls it a 'seethree' anyway...
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>> >>Doesn't C3 ........
>> she>> calls it a 'seethree' anyway...
O.k. So I have missed the point.
How do you say C3, if not see three?
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I was thinking that as well.
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It's in Will de Beests post above - "C'est toi" which is v close to C3 - "C'est trois"
"It's you!" Or "Is THAT you?"
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Yeah but who actually says that?
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French people, Sooty. In France, where Citroëns come from. Over there it's 'ah, bay, say' and 'un, deux, trois'.
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Yes clearly. I thought it clear I was talking about this country. Oh well...
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"...the special edition 'Mini One Docklands'."
I think the psychology here is that, for the French, English names often seem "chic".
French boys are sometimes called "William" instead of "Guillaume", for example.
I don't get it, myself.
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"French boys are sometimes called "William" instead of "Guillaume", for example.
I don't get it, myself."
And often there are big, burly blokes called Jean-Marie, or Claud-Marie.
Now just imagine, you are back at school aged 14 and your name is John-Mary, or Claud-Mary..............
But that's France!
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Names again - Fenlander
