Plurals, faux-Latin and other terribly important rubbish

[Hitcher]

Actually I heard once that it was the Australians that started Subaaaru.

Subaru's were originally brought in to Aussie first, then onsold here.

The Australians thought Subaru sounded too much like Kangaroo, and deliberately changed the sound in case it stopped people buying the cars.

Another Aussie Subaru story relates to the Legacy, which is renamed the Liberty for that market because the Aussie RSL complained. Go figure.

I love my Impreza, BTW.

[vifferman]

I don't think any would argue with Nissans naming of the mighty 'Escargo'.....

Now THAT was very clever.

Another Aussie Subaru story relates to the Legacy, which is renamed the Liberty for that market because the Aussie RSL complained. Go figure.

Yeah, that was summat to do with some RSL trust or summat that was named Legacy.
Or summat.
(Vagueness due to branedrain...)

[Skyryder]

A rose by any other name is still a rose. Will S. Not much else to say on this

Skyryder

[Jackrat]

Anybody here named after their parents??
I am and I think it's like calling your dog "Dog"
Even my grand father had the same name.
If I'd had a son I sure as hell wouldn't have done that to him.

[jrandom]

And continuing the theme of Asian variations on the English language, it's fascinating to look at the English names some of my Chinese students give themselves. I think the most original i've come across is Squall. Others include Dawn (for a boy), Shiny, Flame, Milo, Imily ("That's Emily, right?" "No, Imily...")

It's a bit like that, isn't it. I was on a project a few months back where I had to deal with a contract electronics manufacturer in Taiwan. Their project managers were named Autumn and Summer. Male, of course. Took me a while to get used to.

[jrandom]

Anybody here named after their parents??

Well, I gave Jacob my name as a middle name, but I don't think I'd ever give a kid the actual *same* name as me. That's just annoying. You end up with a name like Aaron P. Finkelstein Jr. III that looks like it should belong to an New York attorney.

On that note, does anybody else remember the 'business card envy' scene in American Psycho (the movie)? Loved it.

[toads]

Talking about which,I saw a toyota that looked to be an off shoot of a corolla or some other gutless wonder on the motoway a few days back.
It was called a "Tercel"
Ok it was cool to call a strong bike a Hyabusa but a bloody toyota shit box a Tercel,,,,

Look it up under "birds of prey"

Hello Jackrat, I have a toyota corolla it's a ceres and has a 1600cc motor, 20 valves and considering it's cc rating is anything but gutless, if you compare cars of similar cc ratings you will have to admit your opinion is unfair in this matter, as for reliabilty, and good value, you really can't go past a toyota, we have also had hiace vans for the past 10 years and they really can't be beaten for reliability and comfort. Everyone is entitled to have an opinion, mine happens to be based on experience, my husband is an a grade mechanic and does not like to have to work on his own vehicles, having toyotas means he rarely has to, they just don't have design flaws. Or 'issues'

[toads]

as for the naming of japanese vehicles, well, some of them really take the biscuit, I saw a 'legnum', which just has to be the love child of the magnum and the legacy, ewwwww, conjures up all sorts of unpleasant images, the only thing I can think of is they just plain ran out of ideas for that one.

[Hitcher]

Well, I gave Jacob my name as a middle name, but I don't think I'd ever give a kid the actual *same* name as me. That's just annoying. You end up with a name like Aaron P. Finkelstein Jr. III that looks like it should belong to an New York attorney.

On that note, does anybody else remember the 'business card envy' scene in American Psycho (the movie)? Loved it.

I have the same first given name as my grandfather and father -- Robert (and the same surname, surprisingly). There is no confusion with either of them because my grandfather was known by his second given name, as am I, and Dad is known as Bob. However, issuers of certificates and database mailing companies are incapable of acknowledging that people could possibly be known by their second name, and I have a multitude of certificates and official documents that refer to me as Robert B. So latterly I have taken to discarding the Robert bit entirely when filling out forms and the like. The confusion is exacerbated by having a famous (now dead) racehorse magnate with the same name, and having people always ask "Are you the real...", to which the answer is "Yes, of course!"

Also, the American Pyscho business card envy scene is a personal favourite. I have never been able to listen to Huey Lewis and The News in quite the same light after this movie...

[pete376403]

Mazda Proceed Marvie is another goodie.

[pete376403]

may be bad form to respond t your own post but that one was my "mark of the beast" post ('x29A')

[toads]

Anybody here named after their parents??
I am and I think it's like calling your dog "Dog"
Even my grand father had the same name.
If I'd had a son I sure as hell wouldn't have done that to him.

We have got some family names which have been passed from generation to generation, I just couldn't do it, I gave my boys theirs as middle names, by the way what's wrong with calling a dog dog??? LOL.

[greenhorn]

A rose by any other name is still a rose. Will S. Not much else to say on this

Skyryder

Did Will Smith really say that? Hes not as thick as i thought he was..

[Stinkwheeler]

Cor, I thought I had pedantic spelling.

[Milky]

I think I am named after a distant great, great etc etc grandfather or uncle or summat... I dont see anything wrong with that, but do when it is after a father or grandfather... It is a bit of a pain having to spell your name all the time, but at least mine isnt a weird variation on a standard name, so people ask rather than get it wrong first...