Apr 18, 2016 18:41
8 yrs ago
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An expectation of excellence
Native in: English
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Quello che non c’è non si rompe
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Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Henry Ford Model T quote
Hi folks
This is supposed to be something Henry Ford said about the Model T but I can't find the exact quote in English.
Anyone?
Lots of Italian reference online
Quello che non c'è non si rompe sono le parole di “Henry Ford” riguardo alla semplicità con cui era fabbricata la Ford T.
https://www.google.es/#q=henry ford quello che non c’è non s...
This is supposed to be something Henry Ford said about the Model T but I can't find the exact quote in English.
Anyone?
Lots of Italian reference online
Quello che non c'è non si rompe sono le parole di “Henry Ford” riguardo alla semplicità con cui era fabbricata la Ford T.
https://www.google.es/#q=henry ford quello che non c’è non s...
Proposed translations
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If it isn't there, it can't break.
Sounds good :-)
Thanks Phil
Thanks Phil
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philgoddard
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texjax DDS PhD
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A customer can have a car painted any color he wants as long as it’s black
This is the first hit in the search string you provided.
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Helen Pringle
: This was Henry Ford's famous comment about car color!! Model T's were all black. But maybe it doesn't apply to the answer requested here. :-)
Memorable anyway.
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According to the article Model-T's were painted at least two additional colors. The article in English explains why Henry Ford supposedly said that
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philgoddard
: I'm all for a bit of poetic licence, and it may fit the context, but this is a completely different quote.
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Inter-Tra
: "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black" https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/203714.Henry_Ford
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you can have it in any color you want, as long as it is black
this is the exact quatation of creator of the Model T and author of the tart line..
Discussion
I didn't check the saying with good old Henry - just made it up by myself. ;)
Apparently this quote is much more popular in its Italian version. Helen might be right, in that case I would use "if it's not there" though.
It could be that simple.