The American manufacturers of Pet milk unknowingly introduced their product in French-speaking markets without realizing that the word pet in French means "to break wind." Likewise, the English-speaking representative of a U.S. soft-drink manufacturer naively drew laughs from Mexican customers when she offered free samples of Fresca soda pop, because in Mexican slang the word fresca means "lesbian." These are examples of ________.
Answer : inattention to the impact of culture on language
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A) is a spot sale of a currency. B) is a forward repurchase of the currency. C) is a spot sale of a currency combined with a forward repurchase of the currency. D) is a spot sale of a currency combined with a forward sale of the currency. E) make up a negligible proportion of all foreign exchange trading.
The voting system for most elections in the United States is called:
A. pair-wise majority voting. B. first-past-the-post voting. C. approval voting. D. instant runoff voting.
Villagers in Xiaogang, China, produced more rice than those in surrounding villages because:
a. they had better farmland. b. they were given better seeds. c. they were able to keep the output they produced individually. d. they made each family responsible for a certain, higher quota of rice production. e. they had common ownership over the rice produced.
According to the ______, the amount of a good or service wanted varies inversely (negatively) with its price, ceteris paribus.
a. equilibrium quality b. equilibrium quantity c. law of demand d. law of supply