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07-17-2009, 12:26 AM | #1 | |
Toyota = Abundance of rice
I was looking for spare parts online on this website http://www.findapart.com.au/toyota_parts.php and i found this quote about Toyota.
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Is this why people call Toyota's rice?
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07-17-2009, 02:23 AM | #2 |
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If Toyota is rice, then what's Honda?
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07-17-2009, 02:24 AM | #3 |
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If you translate it that way literally, then, yes - "ta"= rice field, to be exact.
But Toyota is a person's last name - like Ford and Honda. The "da" in Honda and Mazda is also rice field. So I suppose Honda would mean "genuine rice field" and Mazda would mean "pine rice field" |
07-17-2009, 02:26 AM | #4 |
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The original company name was the family name, "Toyoda". It was changed shortly after they started marketing cars in the USA, but there are a few vintage Toyodas still around.
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07-17-2009, 03:31 AM | #5 |
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Wow, and I always thought all Toyo's were much smaller in those times
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07-17-2009, 03:59 AM | #6 | |
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Or it's like saying "Linton" means there is a lot of lint on you
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07-17-2009, 04:18 AM | #7 |
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Changing "Toyoda" to "Toyota" was done for the Japanese market when the auto company was separated from the parent Toyoda firm in 1937, not when they started exporting to the U.S.
http://www.toyota-industries.com/cor...tory/1930.html There are several online references saying it was done because "Toyota" is simpler to write in Japanese, and they thought it looked better. |
07-17-2009, 05:15 AM | #8 | |
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Why westerners pronounce "karaoke" as ka-ree-O-kee baffles me. |
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07-17-2009, 11:55 AM | #9 |
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I don't think I would like to guess at the size of the vintage Toyota shown: what does one use for a reference? The headlights? Some of the early Brit Fords looked bigger in photos than the actually were. Nice looking resto just the same...
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07-17-2009, 12:02 PM | #10 |
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Yup, no denying this.
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07-17-2009, 10:00 PM | #11 |
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I'm denying this. Based on a bunch of reputable appearing sites on Toyota history, starting with the factory link I gave above. The car company was called Toyota in 1937, and it was 10 years or more later before any of their cars were exported to the U.S. Google "Toyota history" and browse for yourself.
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07-17-2009, 10:05 PM | #12 |
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That's a replica that Toyota built a few years back. None of the originals are still in existence, nor are the original plans. Reportedly Mr. Toyoda had several American cars imported that were disassembled, every part being carefully measured and reverse engineered. The Toyota Model A's chassis and body construction was based on Ford design. The styling was heavily influenced by the Chrysler Airflow. The engine was a close copy of the Chevrolet Six. (As were the six cylinder engines used for many years in Land Cruisers, though copied from a later version of the Chevy Six.) It's reported that many of the parts could be replaced by off-the-shelf American parts. Everybody has to start somewhere.
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07-18-2009, 01:58 AM | #13 |
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Replica of the Toyota Model AA, the first production model of Toyota in 1936
This pic is from: http://www.speedace.info/automotive_...ory/toyota.htm Lots of nice vintage photos here: http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj25-owners-...-pictures.html |
07-18-2009, 01:58 AM | #14 |
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Then that must explain why we've been copying Japan in more recent times. We're just getting our payback from some 70 years ago lol.
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07-18-2009, 11:38 AM | #16 |
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There aren't many Japanese words that westerners know well. One of them is "Hara-Kiri", which is pronounced "Hairy Carry" by many Americans. Unfortunately Americans came to know that term because our Veterans from the Pacific theater got to witness this act being carried out, when motivated members of the Imperial Japanese Army exercised their perversion of Budo and killed themselves rather than go home and help lead Japan's recovery.
Could also be that Americans first heard the word "Karaoke" being spoken by drunk folks and the mispronunciation "stuck". I think this goes both ways.... I've heard some Japanese pronounce "McDonald's", it comes out sounding like "Mac Don-Al-Da". A little patience and respect for the speaker's dignity goes a long way in communicating. Gene |
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07-18-2009, 12:19 PM | #18 | |
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seeing KARAOKE and pronouncing it KARI-OKIE is just... er...
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