Jean in Wisc Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 We saw a cute little sports car drive by, and I asked my son what it was. He said it was a Solstice. Um. Solstice is Latin for "sun still"--it describes the time when the sun, for several days, does not rise or set any further north or south, IOW, it "Don'tMove".... Classical education, anyone? Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 LOL! Do you think they knew what it meant when they named it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Wisc Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 LOL! Do you think they knew what it meant when they named it?? According to my daughter, they are taught in business classes that researching this type of thing is mandatory. Perhaps they did not go into the original Latin or...they assumed there were so few people who would know enough about Latin/astronomy that it would not make a difference in sales...and they would probably be right about that.:001_rolleyes: Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Like the Nova meant "no go" in spanish. I love stuff like that. There are some funny ones here: http://www.takingontobacco.org/intro/funny.html Though I could be forced to snopes some of those, they seem unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie-Knits Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Maybe when that car drives by ... the sun stands still (in awe! haha) My younger ds just read a book about advertising "Made You Look:The Truth about Advertising." And he agrees, there is a lot in the name. He commented that KY Fried Chicken's sales increased when they changed their name to KFC (because people were not being reminded that they were eating that bad fried food! haha) Are we that dumb? haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 My son, who is totally into vehicles, just said, "Yeah, but it's the time when the sun is most bright in the sky. You know, it's bright and brilliant." I reminded him that there are two solstices, and he said, "Well you have to judge a car by it's vehicle-ness integrity, not it's name, okay mom?!" Boys. They are so stubborn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Like the Nova meant "no go" in spanish. I love stuff like that. There are some funny ones here: http://www.takingontobacco.org/intro/funny.html Though I could be forced to snopes some of those, they seem unbelievable. LOL Oh snap you beat me to it! I was going to post up about the Nova. My husband is from a Spanish speaking country. They couldn't sell those cars there for nothing! hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanAR Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 We saw a cute little sports car drive by, and I asked my son what it was. He said it was a Solstice. Um. Solstice is Latin for "sun still"--it describes the time when the sun, for several days, does not rise or set any further north or south, IOW, it "Don'tMove".... Classical education, anyone? Jean :lol: I often think the same thing about baby names! Meanings of names was a big deal in times past; now, however, some parents don't bother to know what their baby's name means:confused: susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April in CA Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Thank you for that fun link! Some of them made me laugh til I cried! Blessings, April (next time I see a jaywalker, I will definitely "tootle him with vigor!") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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