I Thought He'd Be Greener
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 11:27 AM
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And yes, the guy they interviewed is named Akio Toyoda.
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at February 25, 2010 11:34 AM (gAi9Z)
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Wow... way to set you uber-geek credentials there. I had no idea what you were talking about, except by context.
Posted by: SSG Jeff (USAR) at February 25, 2010 12:40 PM (zGCLY)
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The company uses the name Toyota (with a T) rather than Toyoda (with a D) b/c Toyota is associated with the number 8 which is a lucky number in Japanese culture. It takes 8 strokes to write Toyota in Japanese kanji (traditional caligraphy) and the number 8 is thought to bring luck and prosperity. I learned all this from the following BBC piece:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8534294.stm
CY: I now see from your post @ 11:34 that you knew that Toyoda (with a D) is his actual name but I had already written this uber-geeky post and it would shame to let it go to waste.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8534294.stm
CY: I now see from your post @ 11:34 that you knew that Toyoda (with a D) is his actual name but I had already written this uber-geeky post and it would shame to let it go to waste.
Posted by: Eric S at February 25, 2010 02:19 PM (p7VhC)
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You also managed to capture CNN's embarrassing fall for the 140 year old hotdog, which turned out to be a hoax: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/network_falls_for_year_old_hot_dog_UQcr8dlc46cYj7trEJebeI
Posted by: Texas Pete at February 26, 2010 05:11 PM (giU14)
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