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English is weird
Sorflakne:
--- Quote ---For me, using "a male/ a female" when refering to a specific person always sounds condescending, as if one wanted to imply they are less than human - my subconcious insists that "This is a very Dr. Strangelove thing to say".
Am I overthinking this?
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IMO, Yes.
Though I will agree it is a bit weird to use male/female when referring to a single individual outside of a clinical setting.
Is it cold in here?:
It would also sound natural in a police description.
Detachable Felix:
--- Quote from: Loki on 30 Aug 2015, 23:23 ---This reminds me of the Sierra Mist which had to be renamed to Sierra Silver in Germany.
Mist means dung and is colloquially used in the same way you would use "crap" in English.
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Another car they sell in Australia is the Mitsubishi Pajero. I hope it's not badged as that in Amy Spanish-speaking countries, as Pajero literally means 'wanker'. Admittedly, it's an apt description for the car's target demographic
BenRG:
My general expectation is that the marketing bods at corporations give products names on the basis that they 'sound cool'. They'd probably be very shocked if they learned that the names actually meant something.
The first episode of the Dilbert cartoon series had an entertaining use of this idea with the board of directors insisting that the new product (currently only extant as a name) called the 'Salmonella' be a care because Salmonella is a 'car name'.
osaka:
--- Quote from: Detachable Felix on 31 Aug 2015, 15:02 ---
--- Quote from: Loki on 30 Aug 2015, 23:23 ---This reminds me of the Sierra Mist which had to be renamed to Sierra Silver in Germany.
Mist means dung and is colloquially used in the same way you would use "crap" in English.
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Another car they sell in Australia is the Mitsubishi Pajero. I hope it's not badged as that in Amy Spanish-speaking countries, as Pajero literally means 'wanker'. Admittedly, it's an apt description for the car's target demographic
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That's something not every company had in mind - the Lumia line of phones are named with a word that only has one Spanish meaning, which is prostitute. The Pajero Mitsus were called "Montero" over here in Spain, and raced as "Pajero Montero" on the Dakar rally.
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