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Michael Coates
September 10th 03, 09:51 AM
Hello guys,
We have just published the latest newsletter for the Pipistrel Sinus and
Virus Motorgliders manufactured in Slovenia.
This newsletter features...
Important information and pictures on flutter testing which may be of
interest to a number of readers.
The new factory has started construction.
The Pipistrel Demonstration Team
Update on the "Flight for Sight" project
All this can be found on the following link
http://www.mcp.com.au/sinus/newsletters/newsletter-8/newsletter-8.html
Enjoy, Michael Coates X-Air Australia
Barnyard BOb --
September 10th 03, 02:02 PM
>We have just published the latest newsletter for the Pipistrel Sinus and
>Virus Motorgliders manufactured in Slovenia.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
VIRUS motorgliders ???
You too can be the envy of the tea party when you tell 'em...
Ya got a.... VIRUS in Slovenia. <g>
Barnyard BOb- not from Madison Avenue
Barnyard BOb --
September 10th 03, 02:32 PM
>>We have just published the latest newsletter for the Pipistrel Sinus and
>>Virus Motorgliders manufactured in Slovenia.
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>VIRUS motorgliders ???
>
>You too can be the envy of the tea party when you tell 'em...
>Ya got a.... VIRUS in Slovenia. <g>
>
>
>Barnyard BOb- not from Madison Avenue
P.S.
I didn't mention SINUS.....
cause mine are in good shape.
However, it might be worth noting that anyone
looking to market a product in the USA or elsewhere...
contemplate/research names very carefully. It can spell
the difference between disaster and success at times.
1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse.
2 = Sinus - Pathology, A fistula leading from a pus-filled cavity.
3 = Virus - Various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants,
animals, and bacteria that often cause disease.
The guffaws have started ringing loud and clear throughout
the aviation land already. Good thing this isn't baseball.
Barnyard BOb --image can mean everything
Rick Pellicciotti
September 10th 03, 03:52 PM
"Barnyard BOb --" > wrote in message
...
>
> >>We have just published the latest newsletter for the Pipistrel Sinus and
> >>Virus Motorgliders manufactured in Slovenia.
> >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> >VIRUS motorgliders ???
> >
> >You too can be the envy of the tea party when you tell 'em...
> >Ya got a.... VIRUS in Slovenia. <g>
> >
> >
> >Barnyard BOb- not from Madison Avenue
>
>
> P.S.
> I didn't mention SINUS.....
> cause mine are in good shape.
>
> However, it might be worth noting that anyone
> looking to market a product in the USA or elsewhere...
> contemplate/research names very carefully. It can spell
> the difference between disaster and success at times.
>
> 1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse.
> 2 = Sinus - Pathology, A fistula leading from a pus-filled cavity.
> 3 = Virus - Various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants,
> animals, and bacteria that often cause disease.
>
> The guffaws have started ringing loud and clear throughout
> the aviation land already. Good thing this isn't baseball.
>
>
> Barnyard BOb --image can mean everything
>
I'm reminded of the marketing goof by Mitsubishi when they first brought out
the MU-2:
"Brought to you by the same people that brought you the Zero!"
OUCH
Rick Pellicciotti
Ron Natalie
September 10th 03, 04:30 PM
"Rick Pellicciotti" > wrote in message news:3f5f36df$1@ham...
> I'm reminded of the marketing goof by Mitsubishi when they first brought out
> the MU-2:
>
> "Brought to you by the same people that brought you the Zero!"
>
> OUCH
>
My ex-marketing guy's favorite line used to be "If you can't stand the heat,
stay out of Nagasaki." I tried to keep him away from our Japanese customers.
Mark Smith
September 10th 03, 05:26 PM
Barnyard BOb -- wrote:
>
> >>We have just published the latest newsletter for the Pipistrel Sinus and
> >>Virus Motorgliders manufactured in Slovenia.
> >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> >VIRUS motorgliders ???
> >
> >You too can be the envy of the tea party when you tell 'em...
> >Ya got a.... VIRUS in Slovenia. <g>
> >
> >
> >Barnyard BOb- not from Madison Avenue
>
> P.S.
> I didn't mention SINUS.....
> cause mine are in good shape.
>
> However, it might be worth noting that anyone
> looking to market a product in the USA or elsewhere...
> contemplate/research names very carefully. It can spell
> the difference between disaster and success at times.
>
> 1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse.
> 2 = Sinus - Pathology, A fistula leading from a pus-filled cavity.
> 3 = Virus - Various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants,
> animals, and bacteria that often cause disease.
>
> The guffaws have started ringing loud and clear throughout
> the aviation land already. Good thing this isn't baseball.
>
> Barnyard BOb --image can mean everything
dream wings was choosing a new name for their plane,
they thought valkyrie was a neat one,
I suggested The Shyster
someone made a nice plane, side by side, and called it a Wizard, the
name of a really sloppy flying quick clone from the early 80's,,,,,,,,
--
Mark Smith
Tri-State Kite Sales http://www.trikite.com
1121 N Locust St
Mt Vernon, IN 47620
September 10th 03, 05:41 PM
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:30:00 -0400, "Ron Natalie" >
wrote:
:
:"Rick Pellicciotti" > wrote in message news:3f5f36df$1@ham...
:
:> I'm reminded of the marketing goof by Mitsubishi when they first brought out
:> the MU-2:
:>
:> "Brought to you by the same people that brought you the Zero!"
:>
:> OUCH
:>
:My ex-marketing guy's favorite line used to be "If you can't stand the heat,
:stay out of Nagasaki." I tried to keep him away from our Japanese customers.
When Mitsubishi was getting ready to launch a sports car in the US a
few years ago they hired a NY advertizing firm and tried to run the
campaign from Japan. They sent pictures and video footage and their
Japanese advertizing, but all the text was in Japanese (no surprise).
The NY firm called their Japanese contact and asked what the car was
named. They were told "Starrion." So they built a campaign around
the name "Starrion" and printed literature and started buying ad
space.
It wasn't until ads had been running in the US for a month that
someone found out the car was supposed to be named "Stallion."
===
My name is Nobody
Vaughn Simon
September 10th 03, 06:05 PM
"Barnyard BOb --" > wrote in message
...
>
> However, it might be worth noting that anyone
> looking to market a product in the USA or elsewhere...
> contemplate/research names very carefully. It can spell
> the difference between disaster and success at times.
One famous example of an international marketing disaster is the time
that GM decided to market the Nova in South America. I guess they didn't
have any hispanics on their marketing team, or they would have picked up on
the fact that "Nova" can be translated in Spanish as "No Go", and they
probably would have taken the simple step of marketing the car under a
different name! Needless to say, they sold few "No Gos" in South America.
Vaughn
>
> 1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse.
> 2 = Sinus - Pathology, A fistula leading from a pus-filled cavity.
> 3 = Virus - Various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants,
> animals, and bacteria that often cause disease.
>
> The guffaws have started ringing loud and clear throughout
> the aviation land already. Good thing this isn't baseball.
>
>
> Barnyard BOb --image can mean everything
>
>
September 10th 03, 07:39 PM
Barnyard BOb -- wrote:
> I didn't mention SINUS.....
> cause mine are in good shape.
>
> However, it might be worth noting that anyone
> looking to market a product in the USA or elsewhere...
> contemplate/research names very carefully. It can spell
> the difference between disaster and success at times.
>
> 1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse.
> 2 = Sinus - Pathology, A fistula leading from a pus-filled cavity.
> 3 = Virus - Various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants,
> animals, and bacteria that often cause disease.
>
> The guffaws have started ringing loud and clear throughout
> the aviation land already. Good thing this isn't baseball.
Brings to mind the "WANG" computer.
In the computer world, "smaller, faster, cheaper" has always been the
mantra.
Now who in the hell would want a smaller, faster, cheaper Wang???
Rick P.
Rich Carr
September 10th 03, 10:11 PM
X-No-Archive: yes
"Vaughn Simon" > wrote in message >...
>
> One famous example of an international marketing disaster is the time
> that GM decided to market the Nova in South America. I guess they didn't
> have any hispanics on their marketing team, or they would have picked up on
> the fact that "Nova" can be translated in Spanish as "No Go", and they
> probably would have taken the simple step of marketing the car under a
> different name! Needless to say, they sold few "No Gos" in South America.
>
> Vaughn
Not according to Snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
- Rich Carr
Vaughn
September 11th 03, 12:13 AM
"Rich Carr" > wrote in message
om...
>
> Not according to Snopes.
>
> http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
Snopes can go work it out with my Marketing professor...and with the
hispanic who works for me who claims that the story is quite true. The fact
that GM denies it in their "official" history does not, nor should not, draw
much water.
Vaughn
Tim
September 11th 03, 02:27 PM
comments read:
>
>
>Barnyard BOb -- wrote:
> > I didn't mention SINUS.....
> > cause mine are in good shape.
> >
> > However, it might be worth noting that anyone
> > looking to market a product in the USA or elsewhere...
> > contemplate/research names very carefully. It can spell
> > the difference between disaster and success at times.
> >
> > 1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse.
> > 2 = Sinus - Pathology, A fistula leading from a pus-filled cavity.
> > 3 = Virus - Various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants,
> > animals, and bacteria that often cause disease.
> >
> > The guffaws have started ringing loud and clear throughout
> > the aviation land already. Good thing this isn't baseball.
>
>Brings to mind the "WANG" computer.
>In the computer world, "smaller, faster, cheaper" has always been the
>mantra.
>Now who in the hell would want a smaller, faster, cheaper Wang???
And let us not forget their "Cares" campaign with the "Wang Cares"
T-shirts ;-)
--
Tim - ASW20CL "20"
Gig Giacona
September 11th 03, 06:51 PM
"Vaughn" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Rich Carr" > wrote in message
> om...
> >
> > Not according to Snopes.
> >
> > http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
>
> Snopes can go work it out with my Marketing professor...and with the
> hispanic who works for me who claims that the story is quite true. The
fact
> that GM denies it in their "official" history does not, nor should not,
draw
> much water.
>
> Vaughn
>
Did you actually read the Snopes article? They hardly rely only on GM's
"official" history in the debunking of the legend.
Vaughn
September 12th 03, 12:40 AM
"Gig Giacona" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Vaughn" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Rich Carr" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > >
> > > Not according to Snopes.
> > >
> > > http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
> >
> > Snopes can go work it out with my Marketing professor...and with
the
> > hispanic who works for me who claims that the story is quite true. The
> fact
> > that GM denies it in their "official" history does not, nor should not,
> draw
> > much water.
> >
> > Vaughn
> >
>
> Did you actually read the Snopes article? They hardly rely only on GM's
> "official" history in the debunking of the legend.
Yes I did, and I frankly did not find much of it persuasive, it felt
more like revisionism than debunking. That said, on rereading my previous
post I find it harsher than I intended. Could a story so widely taught in
our business schools be bunk? Yes it could! Would GM want to squelch such
a story regardless of its veracity? Yes they would! The Snopes article in
and of itself simply did little to convince me one way or the other.
Vaughn
>
>
Fred the Red Shirt
September 16th 03, 11:41 PM
"Vaughn" > wrote in message >...
> "Gig Giacona" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Vaughn" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >
> > > "Rich Carr" > wrote in message
> > > om...
> > > >
> > > > Not according to Snopes.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
> > >
> > > Snopes can go work it out with my Marketing professor...and with
> the
> > > hispanic who works for me who claims that the story is quite true. The
> fact
> > > that GM denies it in their "official" history does not, nor should not,
> draw
> > > much water.
> > >
> > > Vaughn
> > >
> >
> > Did you actually read the Snopes article? They hardly rely only on GM's
> > "official" history in the debunking of the legend.
>
> Yes I did, and I frankly did not find much of it persuasive, it felt
> more like revisionism than debunking. That said, on rereading my previous
> post I find it harsher than I intended. Could a story so widely taught in
> our business schools be bunk? Yes it could! Would GM want to squelch such
> a story regardless of its veracity? Yes they would! The Snopes article in
> and of itself simply did little to convince me one way or the other.
>
Naming a car for an explosion does not seem to be really swift to
begin with. That said, isn't the Spanish word for 'nova', also
'nova'? After all, 'nova' came into English directly from Latin in
modern times.
Why don't you ask your hispanic emoployee about that, and also what the
Spanish word is for 'supernova'.
--
FF
Fred the Red Shirt
September 16th 03, 11:46 PM
Barnyard BOb -- > wrote in message >...
> >>We have just published the latest newsletter for the Pipistrel Sinus and
> >>Virus Motorgliders manufactured in Slovenia.
> >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> >VIRUS motorgliders ???
> >
> >You too can be the envy of the tea party when you tell 'em...
> >Ya got a.... VIRUS in Slovenia. <g>
> >
> >
> >Barnyard BOb- not from Madison Avenue
>
>
> P.S.
> I didn't mention SINUS.....
> cause mine are in good shape.
>
> However, it might be worth noting that anyone
> looking to market a product in the USA or elsewhere...
> contemplate/research names very carefully. It can spell
> the difference between disaster and success at times.
You mean like GM's electric car--the Impact?
Or that ladies' jogging shoe--the Incubus?
Or the diet lozenge Ayds?
>
> 1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse.
IIUC Flittermouse or fleddermouse, litterally means 'flying mouse'
and is the generic German word for 'bat'.
> 2 = Sinus - Pathology, A fistula leading from a pus-filled cavity.
> 3 = Virus - Various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants,
> animals, and bacteria that often cause disease.
>
--
FF
Robert Bonomi
September 18th 03, 05:40 AM
In article >,
Fred the Red Shirt > wrote:
>
>
>Barnyard BOb -- > wrote in message
>...
>
[[.. munch ..]]
>>
>> 1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse.
>
>IIUC Flittermouse or fleddermouse, litterally means 'flying mouse'
>and is the generic German word for 'bat'.
If anybody cares, it's "Fliedermaus", from the words for 'flying' and
'mouse' -- standard Germanic 'cram the component words together into
a single word' construction. :)
And, yeah, it is the word for 'bat' (of the animal variety only -- not
used for the baseball or cricket implement :)
swedeflyer
September 18th 03, 02:25 PM
Went to Europe last year, how about these car names:
Lemon
Lupo
Twingo
Evasion
Scenic
Picnic
Sunny
Clio
Check this web page out for a look at some of these cars:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cindysef/cars.htm
Fr. John Elledge
September 19th 03, 01:25 AM
The German is spelled "fledermaus" and pronounced "FLAY-der-maus."
Fr. John the Guy with the Shirt on Backwards Sometimes
"Fred the Red Shirt" > wrote in message
om...
> Barnyard BOb -- > wrote in message
>...
> > >>We have just published the latest newsletter for the Pipistrel Sinus
and
> > >>Virus Motorgliders manufactured in Slovenia.
> > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >
> > >VIRUS motorgliders ???
> > >
> > >You too can be the envy of the tea party when you tell 'em...
> > >Ya got a.... VIRUS in Slovenia. <g>
> > >
> > >
> > >Barnyard BOb- not from Madison Avenue
> >
> >
> > P.S.
> > I didn't mention SINUS.....
> > cause mine are in good shape.
> >
> > However, it might be worth noting that anyone
> > looking to market a product in the USA or elsewhere...
> > contemplate/research names very carefully. It can spell
> > the difference between disaster and success at times.
>
> You mean like GM's electric car--the Impact?
>
> Or that ladies' jogging shoe--the Incubus?
>
> Or the diet lozenge Ayds?
>
> >
> > 1 = pipistrel - small european bat also known as a flittermouse.
>
> IIUC Flittermouse or fleddermouse, litterally means 'flying mouse'
> and is the generic German word for 'bat'.
>
> > 2 = Sinus - Pathology, A fistula leading from a pus-filled cavity.
> > 3 = Virus - Various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants,
> > animals, and bacteria that often cause disease.
> >
>
> --
>
> FF
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