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**Motu** · 9th August 2004, 19:26

The name on the car says it all - I wish the tank on my bike was bigger,I need to put something on my bike that really says who I am,that says so much but means so little.

**Two Smoker** · 9th August 2004, 19:32

LMAO

**MikeL** · 9th August 2004, 20:15

Originally Posted by Motu

something ...that says so much but means so little.

Or, indeed, says so little and means so much. It's for the Japanese domestic market, where having something in English, however silly, means status and "face". The "meaningless" slogans that we read on Japanese SUVs are taken literally by the Japanese themselves and seen as appropriate to the image they would like to project, but the fact that this image is a distorted reflection of a Western ideal is not perceived by them, and indeed if the absurdity is pointed out to them they are likely to be either puzzled or hurt.

**NordieBoy** · 9th August 2004, 21:08

Originally Posted by MikeL

Or, indeed, says so little and means so much. It's for the Japanese domestic market, where having something in English, however silly, means status and "face". The "meaningless" slogans that we read on Japanese SUVs are taken literally by the Japanese themselves and seen as appropriate to the image they would like to project, but the fact that this image is a distorted reflection of a Western ideal is not perceived by them, and indeed if the absurdity is pointed out to them they are likely to be either puzzled or hurt.

Not to mention that "Emina" in a rear-view mirror is "Anime".

**greenhorn** · 10th August 2004, 08:09

Originally Posted by Motu

The name on the car says it all - I wish the tank on my bike was bigger,I need to put something on my bike that really says who I am,that says so much but means so little.

The smallest things can turn people off or on when it comes to cars...

Read something somewhere about the Ford Pinto having terrible sales somewhere in South America. Someone finally figured out that over there "Pinto" means tiny penis or something

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**Devil** · 10th August 2004, 08:29

"tomorrow, where shall we go? because today im fucking broken and in a workshop"?

**Badcat** · 10th August 2004, 11:48

Originally Posted by Motu

The name on the car says it all - I wish the tank on my bike was bigger,I need to put something on my bike that really says who I am,that says so much but means so little.

i heard that
"pajero" means wanker in spanish.

he he!!

**riffer** · 10th August 2004, 12:08

Originally Posted by greenhorn

Read something somewhere about the Ford Pinto having terrible sales somewhere in South America. Someone finally figured out that over there "Pinto" means tiny penis or something

Yup. and the Chevrolet Nova didn't do too well either ... no va (doesn't go - Spanish). Not a good name for a car...

**kerryg** · 10th August 2004, 12:19

Originally Posted by Motu

The name on the car says it all - I wish the tank on my bike was bigger,I need to put something on my bike that really says who I am,that says so much but means so little.

Well it is obvious: if you read the long nauseating narrative it causes your lunch to explode out your rear end ...hence ENEMA

...(those Japs can't spell to save themselves...anybody remember the Mitsubishi "Starion" ??)

**Motu** · 10th August 2004, 12:48

Originally Posted by Devil

"tomorrow, where shall we go? because today im fucking broken and in a workshop"?

Zigactly,this one has the 3CT turbo diesel,a total nightmare.Although we did a service it had a leaking water pump - the owner said he was taking it back to the dealer,fine by me....I bet after doing the water pump it would show up a cracked cyl head - they all are.

All these small Jap diesels are nightmares,alloy heads with belt driven OHC,trouble just waiting to hit.So why do I have 3 of them? My Nissan Vanette with the LD20 has done 290,000km,one of the few good small diesels,my 4D56T in the Pajero has had a full recon,I have just got a 93 Laurel with an RD28,these motors are so bad the importers won't touch them anymore,the original motor is totaled so am fitting the only used engine left in Auck,this one is for my daughter.I reckon it's just poor maintinence,lets hope I'm right eh?

**Joni** · 10th August 2004, 13:05

LOL - at last!!!! I thought I was the only one that saw the "issue" with that name.

**marty** · 10th August 2004, 13:08

i have started a folder of 'jap-glish' pix, it's just so classic. i had a card explaining how to use some fireworks somewhere - i laughed every time i read it. i guess though if we translated english into japanese it would be funny to them too....

**Badcat** · 10th August 2004, 13:13

Originally Posted by marty

i have started a folder of 'jap-glish' pix, it's just so classic. i had a card explaining how to use some fireworks somewhere - i laughed every time i read it. i guess though if we translated english into japanese it would be funny to them too....

http://www.engrish.com/

**MikeL** · 10th August 2004, 13:14

Originally Posted by marty

i guess though if we translated english into japanese it would be funny to them too....

Doesn't have to be. Almost anything can be translated into almost any language and sound natural if done by a competent (professional) translator.
Puns can be a bit of a headache, though...

**Devil** · 10th August 2004, 13:19

Originally Posted by marty

i have started a folder of 'jap-glish' pix, it's just so classic. i had a card explaining how to use some fireworks somewhere - i laughed every time i read it. i guess though if we translated english into japanese it would be funny to them too....

heh theres an idea. Ill try to remember to take a photo of the rear windscreen of my mothers MR2 tonight.