[kridsdale1]

See “Chevy Nova”

[skyyler]

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanis...

Often repeated, but it doesn't make any sense to Spanish speakers. Nova is a word on its own.

Would an English speaker assume a hammer is made of ham?

[littlestymaar]

English speakers seem to belive that it makes sense to call “cheeseburger” a Hamburger with cheese, so who knows.