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phelan 06-11-2012 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by RiCharlie (Post 1766363)
If you have spent some time in Japan you know that the term Datsun is very offensive. In one Japanese dialect "san" or "sun" means car and "Dat" means "crazy person" This car company started marketing cars shortly after WW2 when feelings against the US were running high. They named the car "Datsun" or "crazy persons car" as a secret slight against Americans.
Later when feelings improved they changed the name to Nissan..meaning "intelligent persons car" Nis being the Japanese word for intelligent.

To this day this has been a closely guarded secret in Japan known by all Japanese but hidden from the outside world..

So if you use the word Datsun when referring to someones car..better hope that person is not Japanese!

Now I am sure they will all deny this but dont say you were not warned!
....this is one of the most well thought out troll posts i've read in a while.

6MT 06-11-2012 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by phelan (Post 1766377)
....this is one of the most well thought out troll posts i've read in a while.
:iagree:

RiCharlie 06-11-2012 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by phelan (Post 1766377)
....this is one of the most well thought out troll posts i've read in a while.
:tup:

kenchan 06-11-2012 03:10 PM
i won't have known unless phelan quoted in his post. :icon17:

kenchan 06-11-2012 03:30 PM
Den, Aoyama, Takeuchi's initials for DAT Automotive Manufacturing Company in mid 1920's. aka DATCAR.

first model was considered their son (but "son" can be read "loss" in japanese) so changed spelling to 'sun' as in the rising sun. you put DAT and SUN together to get DATSUN.

when nissan took over the company they changed the DAT abbreviation to mean durable, attractive, trustworthy.

Cmike2780 06-11-2012 03:31 PM
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The name was created in 1931 by the DAT Motorcar Co. for a new car model, spelling it as "Datson" to indicate its smaller size when compared to the existing, larger DAT car. Later, in 1933 after Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. took control of DAT Motorcar Co., the last syllable of Datson was changed to "sun", because "son" also means "loss" (損) in Japanese, and also to honour the sun depicted in the national flag, hence the name "Datsun"

Before the Datsun brand name came into being, an automobile named the DAT car was built in 1914, by the Kaishinsha Motorcar Works (快進自動車工場 Kaishin Jidōsha Kōjō?), in the Azabu-Hiroo District in Tokyo. The new car's name was an acronym of the company's partners' surnames:
Kenjiro Den (田 健次郎 Den Kenjirō?)
Rokuro Aoyama (青山 禄朗 Aoyama Rokurō?)
Meitaro Takeuchi (竹内 明太郎 Takeuchi Meitarō?)
:)

kenchan 06-11-2012 03:34 PM
wtf...

UNKNOWN_370 06-11-2012 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by RiCharlie (Post 1766363)
If you have spent some time in Japan you know that the term Datsun is very offensive. In one Japanese dialect "san" or "sun" means car and "Dat" means "crazy person" This car company started marketing cars shortly after WW2 when feelings against the US were running high. They named the car "Datsun" or "crazy persons car" as a secret slight against Americans.
Later when feelings improved they changed the name to Nissan..meaning "intelligent persons car" Nis being the Japanese word for intelligent.

To this day this has been a closely guarded secret in Japan known by all Japanese but hidden from the outside world..

So if you use the word Datsun when referring to someones car..better hope that person is not Japanese!

Now I am sure they will all deny this but dont say you were not warned!
I heard a story similar to this, but I thought the word was bad in "OTHER" asian, arab and african languages/dialects. NOT specifically japanese language or dialect? And in order NOT to insult the world market, they changed the name... from what I know the similarites were coincidental... I could be wrong but I think I'm right?

DJ-of-E 06-11-2012 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by phelan (Post 1766377)
....this is one of the most well thought out troll posts i've read in a while.
No kidding, after the 2nd sentence, I was like "wtf did I just read" :excited:

RiCharlie 06-11-2012 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1766441)
Den, Aoyama, Takeuchi's initials for DAT Automotive Manufacturing Company in mid 1920's. aka DATCAR.

first model was considered their son (but "son" can be read "loss" in japanese) so changed spelling to 'sun' as in the rising sun. you put DAT and SUN together to get DATSUN.

when nissan took over the company they changed the DAT abbreviation to mean durable, attractive, trustworthy.
We have exclamation points and question marks but for this post I am creating a new one... its called the "Ya-sure" *#! and is used to express skepticism or doubt....as in "I read your post *#!" :)
Datsome story!

RiCharlie 06-12-2012 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1765643)
A snail went to a Datsun dealer to buy a Z. He told the dealer to remove the "Z" from the car and replace it with an "S".

He wanted people to see him driving by and say "Look at that S-car go".
In truth the guy drove at a snails pace..

Bucketlist2012 06-12-2012 09:24 PM
Datsun as I get a chance, i will gouge out my eyeballs...

onzedge 06-12-2012 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by RiCharlie (Post 1768620)
In truth the guy drove at a snails pace..
:icon17:

UNKNOWN_370 06-13-2012 12:21 AM
I want to forget nissan brand altogether and bring back a real mans car.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9BTyb2zK1t...00/4x4yugo.jpg

onzedge 06-13-2012 08:08 AM
^^^^spam!!!!!! Reported!!!!!!


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