What do you call your car?

[jackiejackie211]

couldnt think of anything good, so i came up with Frankie Rhonda Sparkles..i usually just call her car.

[pandora]

Originally Posted by Efferalgan

Actually, Pandora wasn't goddess - vise-versa she was the 1st human woman, mortal. Sort of Hellenic Eva. So, be careful - your car isn't immortal

lesson learned. thanks for the correction

[michaelosx]

Gidget. Derived from the "crickets", but with fun, athleticism, and good looks thrown in. Gidget fits. She's a pretty girl.

[TRD-X]

Originally Posted by D.Scrye

Anything in particular? Any reason why?

I'll start: my hot lava FR-S is called Haruna- after a volcano in the same prefecture as the 86/BRZ factory, and because I think it sounds nice.

This is called the.....

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36760

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15356

[s2d4]

Originally Posted by Perihelion

Snow White in Japanese, 雪白 Yukishiro

Snow white is shirayuki.....

[Brently]

Originally Posted by s2d4

Snow white is shirayuki.....

Snow White = Yukishiro
White Snow = Shirayuki

Family name is said before first name in Japanese, as well as in other countries.

As far as I am concerned, they both seem right. Consider this-- unless you are Japanese, why would you observe that cultural nuance?

I have a friend named Loo Yuk Wan (Chinese) We all call her Trudy Loo.

[Obsidiank]

Named her today. Lexi with only one x, cause she aint a stripper

[Shinobi]

My Asphalt Gray is called Mary Jane. I changed the stock head unit to read her name when I turn the car on.

[Perihelion]

Originally Posted by s2d4

Snow white is shirayuki.....

Did you stick that into google translate so you could tell me I'm wrong?

[Perihelion]

Originally Posted by Brently

Snow White = Yukishiro
White Snow = Shirayuki

Family name is said before first name in Japanese, as well as in other countries.

As far as I am concerned, they both seem right. Consider this-- unless you are Japanese, why would you observe that cultural nuance?

I have a friend named Loo Yuk Wan (Chinese) We all call her Trudy Loo.

Some people just want to make the forums a confrontational pissing contest for no apparent reason. Notice how he didn't post the name of his ride or even bother to read the Kanji.

PS: I just read some of his posts. This guy seems to roll around the forum trying to point out to people where they make mistakes. Most of his posts are peppered with hints of passive aggressive sarcasm. Trolling at its finest.

[Nardi330]

i called mine Mochi (cos she is white and sweet)

[s2d4]

Originally Posted by Brently

Snow White = Yukishiro
White Snow = Shirayuki

Family name is said before first name in Japanese, as well as in other countries.

As far as I am concerned, they both seem right. Consider this-- unless you are Japanese, why would you observe that cultural nuance?

I have a friend named Loo Yuk Wan (Chinese) We all call her Trudy Loo.

Yeah, I am well aware of your examples.

It is just one of those lost in translation cases, not dissimilar to when people directly translate things into english from foreign languages. It'll seem odd to the native speaker of english. Same goes with chinese tattoos that seems perfectly fine to an english speaker but would be odd to a chinese speaker.

EDIT:

Supposedly "No more corruption", unfortunately it reads as "There isn't corruption".

[s2d4]

Originally Posted by Perihelion

Some people just want to make the forums a confrontational pissing contest for no apparent reason. Notice how he didn't post the name of his ride or even bother to read the Kanji.

Nothing about confrontational pissing contest, just letting you know that it isn't that way in japanese or kanji. The direct english to kanji/japanese translation is incorrect. Nothing else to it, call it whatever you like since it is your car. No need to get all emotional if a native speaker tells you otherwise. It isn't one of those kanji tattoos that people will need to pay thousands for to remove.

[Perihelion]

Originally Posted by s2d4

Nothing about confrontational pissing contest, just letting you know that it isn't that way in japanese or kanji. The direct english to kanji/japanese translation is incorrect. Nothing else to it, call it whatever you like since it is your car. No need to get all emotional if a native speaker tells you otherwise. It isn't one of those kanji tattoos that people will need to pay thousands for to remove.

You are a native speaker now? Cool. You are still a troll based on the way you comment on the forums. What's the name of your car? (since that's what this thread is about)

FYI: I am bilingual in English & Mandarin and I also studied Japanese for 4 years as well. I was well aware that there were two iterations of translating "Snow White," I chose the one I wanted and there is no mistake here. I didn't want to name it "White Snow". Thanks for playing though!