NAINA -- It's Official!

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Matthew Schenker

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Everyone,
As a lover of words and language, I am always fascinated by how people speak and write, and how words and phrases make their way into our lives.  So I am especially pleased to announce that NAINA has recently been given provisional approval as an official word by the Festool Lexicon Committee.  It is even more exciting to approve a word with international connotations.

Since NAINA has provisional acceptance, the Festool Lexicon Committee is still working on its official definition.  If anyone wishes to contribute a definition, please do so now.

Regards,
Matthew
 
(like I wouldn't)

NAINA-You drive a Chebby Suburban and have plenty of water for your lawn sprinklers. You shop at Costco and have a four car garage. Your Festools are half price. But you still don't have a Kapex.

NAINA- You consider enrolling in the local college's electrical engineer program so you can rewire your garage for 240V.

Sorry, but I've been having so much fun with the junkie competition, I just couldn't resist the format.....
 
LOL...I am so happy you brought this "word" up for discussion.  This may be a Festool "Doh" moment, but I thought NAINA was an acronym.

Somebody has to know the definition.  I am sure Llap will have something for us.

Timmy C

Come on Mr. Goch, I'm counting on you ???
 
It is an acronym, as I was informed elsewhere on the forum (was it here or on Woodwork Forums?)

Not Available In North America
 
That was my guess!  It was either that or Air Traffic Control with an Aussie/Boston accent; Alpha-Hotel-1-7-NAINA
 
NAINA       The non-availability of a product in the Continental United States which a Welsh Rottweiler, smug Europeans and even smugger Australians (plus 1 Ausmerican) have already seen, tried, lovingly caressed and purchased. Usually compounded by a cruel desire to post tantalisingly taunting reviews and pictures knowing that the reader is thousands of miles away.

NAINAese.   A debilitating disease which attacks the very heart and soul of those fortunate enough to live in a wonderful land of plenty but who, by a quirk of marketing fate and ULitise are unable to exchange green folding stuff or plastic cards for a very desirable powertool. There are only two known cures. One is to emigrate and the second is to never logon to FOG. The former is probably easier than the latter.  (Or is it the other way round?)

 
Llap Goch said:
NAINA      The non-availability of a product in the Continental United States which a Welsh Rottweiler, smug Europeans and even smugger Australians (plus 1 Ausmerican) have already seen, tried, lovingly caressed and purchased. Usually compounded by a cruel desire to post tantalisingly taunting reviews and pictures knowing that the reader is thousands of miles away.

NAINAese.  A debilitating disease which attacks the very heart and soul of those fortunate enough to live in a wonderful land of plenty but who, by a quirk of marketing fate and ULitise are unable to exchange green folding stuff or plastic cards for a very desirable powertool. There are only two known cures. One is to emigrate and the second is to never logon to FOG. The former is probably easier than the latter.  (Or is it the other way round?)
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Now That's What I am talkin' about!!!  There was never any doubt that you would come through with Flying colors Mr. Goch!!!

edit for transitional posting rebuttal: Promise no more counting!
 
Begorrah Timmy

I would never depend on me to come through with Flying Colours!

My soldiers only followed me out of an idle sense of curiosity!

Pat
 
Eli said:
Not Available In North America
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Speaking as the one who coined the term...NAINA refers to North America, not just the US.  AFAIK, the Canadians get exactly the same selection of Festools we Americans get.  Unfortunately they don't seem to get the same level of service...

It's easy for Yanks to forget that in many day-to-day aspects, North American life is the same on either side of the 49th parallel.  Most differences between the two countries' cultures are no more pronounced than some differences between regions within each country. A Francophone Canadian once told me that he was much more at home in New York than Paris--because he knew the way things worked in a North American city.

"NAINA" does seem particularly at home in a taunt -- "NAINA, NAINA, NAINA".

Ned
 
I thought it was "Neener, Neener, Neener!".  I guess it's pronouced differently in Southern Cal.  ;D

Dan.
 
NAINA (noun) def: 1. The process by which certain Festoolians wait twice as long to pay half as much for the same tool as other Festoolians. 2. A modern version of Chinese water torture. 3. A taunt used by those who feel less privileged when they receive something that those who have almost everything they want (see spoiled) but like to whine a lot haven't yet received, i.e., "NAINA, NAINA, NAI-NA!"
 
Sorry Ned ;D

I was going to include Canada but I struggle with English at the best of times so I had to wait for Simou to return from his morning constitutional. He speaks French and was able to translate in return for a box of gravy biscuits.

NAINA    The non-availability of a product in North America which a Welsh Rottweiler, smug Europeans and even smugger Australians (plus 1 Ausmerican) have already seen, tried, lovingly caressed and purchased. Usually compounded by a cruel desire to post tantalisingly taunting reviews and pictures knowing that the reader is thousands of miles away.

Le NAINA   La non-disponibilite d'un produit en Amerique du Nord qu'un Rottweiler du Pays du Gaul, Europeens suffisants et encore Australiens plus suffisants (plus 1 Ausmerican) ont deja vue, essayee, affectueusement caressee et achetee. Habituellement compose par un d?sir cruel de signaler des revues et des images sachant que le lecteur est des milliers de milles de distance.

A Mari Usque Ad Mare  

I will write out 'O CANADA' a 100 times as a penance for being Geographically deficient. ;D
 
How about the brevity zen monk koan version:

NAINA- To wait twice as long, but pay half as much.
 
The NAINA Begging Sound. 

WARNING  Only for those of a strong disposition ( and resident in North America ) ;D

It starts very quietly, almost a whisper, and slowly gains momentum and volume until the plaintive cry reaches out from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam. It is a sound which tugs at the heart and brings tears to grown men.

Kaaaaaaaaaaapex, Plug-it, Belt sanders,Kaaaaaaaaaaapex , Kaaaaaaaaaaapex,.........PLEASE  !!!!!!!!

 
This is the most torturous thread I have ever been punished by.  As a registered tauntee, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I CAN TAKE!
 
Are you sure someone on FOG coined or first used the term NAINA?  I think I have seen that term in other publications, including some relating to BMW products.  There is a pattern here - the Germans make things available to others that are Not Available In North America.  Sometimes they taunt us Yanks even more by making the products available in Canada and Mexico but not USA.  In the case of BMW, it is usually due to decisions by their USA marketing execs, not UL.

Mr. Goch takes the writer's prize again, IMO.

Dave R.
 
To skew this thread towards cars too (as seems to be my lot tonight), I will point out that in the current case, the cars I lust after (the European turbo-diesels), were prevented from coming here by the fact that US diesel was crap up until last fall.  I believe that this is directly related to the petrochemical industry and trucking lobby in Congress preventing us from keeping up with the rest of the world.  I'm hoping we can make up for lost time.  Now, if we could just make the switch to the metric system, we'd all be better off.  Can someone explain why everyone understands a 2L bottle, but we keep buying 12oz cans?  I don't get it...
 
Since there has been reference to Aussie/Boston accents and since I am an Aussie who resided in Bahstan for 5 years, I wish to draw your attention to "The Law of Redundant Consonants"
When a Bostonian "pahks his cah" , the redundant "r" makes it's way to the South West, where a Texan then "warshes his carr". ???

Regards,

Rob
 
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