Is Datsun derogatory?

phelan · 06-11-2012, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RiCharlie

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, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by phelan

....this is one of the most well thought out troll posts i've read in a while.

RiCharlie · 06-11-2012, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phelan

....this is one of the most well thought out troll posts i've read in a while.

kenchan · 06-11-2012, 04:10 PM

i won't have known unless phelan quoted in his post.

kenchan · 06-11-2012, 04:30 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, 04:31 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, 04:34 PM

wtf...

UNKNOWN_370 · 06-11-2012, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RiCharlie

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, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by phelan

....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"

RiCharlie · 06-11-2012, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

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, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

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, 10:24 PM

Datsun as I get a chance, i will gouge out my eyeballs...

onzedge · 06-12-2012, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by RiCharlie

In truth the guy drove at a snails pace..

UNKNOWN_370 · 06-13-2012, 01:21 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, 09:08 AM

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	i won't have known unless phelan quoted in his post.

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