[Coco] CoCo Everywhere

[billg999 at cs.uofs.edu]

> On 2/13/2014 8:13 AM, Daniel Campos wrote:
>> Just as a curiosity, in portuguese the word "coco" have several
>> meanings,
>> could be the same as "coconut" and is ALSO the same as "shit" when using
>> a
>> more colloquial language. Yes, that is it.
>> The coco haters here have the habit to use the word "coco" as
>> provocation,
>> so in Brazil we prefer to use the term "Color" instead when referring to
>> a
>> Color Computer.
>>
>
> If it meant the same here in the States, I wouldn't use it either.
> Suppose you could use the nickname the Rainbow used for years - 80C.
>
>

Anybody here remember why the CHevy Nova was non-seller in Mexico? :-)
Many common brand names are unflatering, offensive or sometimes downright
obscene in other languages.


bill