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English is weird
Akima:
The French car-maker Citroën has just launched a new model here called the C4 Cactus. In Australia, the word "cactus" is slang for something that is broken, not working and generally useless, as in: "My bloody laptop's cactus, mate." What were they thinking?
Metope:
Reminds me of this story.
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: Akima on 28 Aug 2015, 17:12 ---The French car-maker Citroën has just launched a new model here called the C4 Cactus. In Australia, the word "cactus" is slang for something that is broken, not working and generally useless, as in: "My bloody laptop's cactus, mate." What were they thinking?
--- End quote ---
Not about Australian slang, apparently. Weirdos.
Is it cold in here?:
The same thing they were thinking when they named their entire line "Lemon"?
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 28 Aug 2015, 18:29 ---The same thing they were thinking when they named their entire line "Lemon"?
--- End quote ---
They have a pattern. This is intriguing. What's next? Kumquat? I hope it's kumquat.
This one should have been kumquat. That's at least another citrus fruit, which fits with the name. Cactus is a bit out of left field, but the same ballpark because both be botanical bits of wording. That was awkward phrasing, but I like alliteration
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