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'Nigaz' Venture Stirs Debate
You're an executive for the Russian oil conglomerate, Gazprom. You're starting a new venture in Nigeria. What to name it? "Nigaz." Meant to be pronounce "nye-gaz," it can be read another way. Bloggers and Facebook denizens have begun to protest but Russian officials have already agreed to spend $2.5 billion on the new poorly-named project.




Maybe they would like "gangsta" better! LOL
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Like the Chevy Nova in Latin American - rough translation of No Va is "it doesn't go". Sales in Mexico were dismal. I wonder why?
That's whack! Know what I'm sayin?
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reminds me of when Jackson Pollock changed the pronunciation of his last name
Oh good. An incredibly corrupt government
with a horrible record on environmentalism
is teaming up with a company run by a nation with
(wait for it)
an incredibly corrupt government
with a horrible environmental
AND human rights record.
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