# what the hell do these names mean **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [March 4, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214 "2007-03-04T01:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Head](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Head)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/21 "2007-03-05T07:07:10Z")
> [@Ah what one can find on EBAY](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ah-what-one-can-find-on-ebay/11554/18): > > I don’t like that comment John. Because that is one of the things that is wrong with our North American culture. We tend to change everything into English to suit our needs. Be it someone’s name, the name of a Country, a city, (eg. Munich -\> München; Cologne -\> [Köln](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/De-K%C3%B6ln.ogg)). > > Calling something by the name it was supposed to be called is not considered wrong; in my pont of view anyways. It is actually exteremely ignorant on our part to call things what we feel like calling them, or what we think is easier or more convenient for us. Agreed! ---
**Author:** ![roast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/roast/32/5498_2.png) [@roast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/roast)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/22 "2007-03-05T07:35:26Z")
I have no quam’s with his rant. 1. I don’t use lame “JDM tyte, yo” language or care to understand what it means. 2. Say Kouki & Chouki 10 times fast. 3. If I had a SR20DET in my coupe, I wouldn’t call it a Silvia. 4. I call a coupe a coupe and a hatch a hatch. To each their own, flame me for being Canadian, I dare you. (insert necessary smiley icon so people don’t get to overly sensitive to my challenge) =D ---
**Author:** ![Hector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/43a26b/32.png) [@Hector](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hector)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/23 "2007-03-05T07:39:00Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/11340/80): > > I have no quam’s with his rant. > > 1. I don’t use lame “JDM tyte, yo” language or care to understand what it means. > 2. Say Kouki & Chouki 10 times fast. > 3. If I had a SR20DET in my coupe, I wouldn’t call it a Silvia. > 4. I call a coupe a coupe and a hatch a hatch. > > To each their own, flame me for being Canadian, I dare you. > > (insert necessary smiley icon so people don’t get to overly sensitive to my challenge) =D hoser, go hide in ur igloo, and eat ur caradian bacon ---
**Author:** ![roast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/roast/32/5498_2.png) [@roast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/roast)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/24 "2007-03-05T07:42:42Z")
> [@Turbo Gurus... another blown turbo?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-gurus-another-blown-turbo/11541/35): > > hoser, go hide in ur igloo, and eat ur caradian bacon Mmmmm Bacon! ---
**Author:** ![DTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DTS)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/25 "2007-03-05T07:55:09Z")
Its for all those noobs who are like yo im so jdm and tite that i talk about my cars generation in japanease cause im so badass. lame. ---
**Author:** ![cloudzero3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@cloudzero3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cloudzero3)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/26 "2007-03-05T08:58:41Z")
wow there are a lot of closed minds on SON. ---
**Author:** ![s13Junkyard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13junkyard/32/5502_2.png) [@s13Junkyard](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/s13Junkyard)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/27 "2007-03-05T10:11:22Z")
i have a zenki hatch with a chuki motor and kouki tails what am i poookie ---
**Author:** ![mr200](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mr200/32/5495_2.png) [@mr200](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mr200)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/28 "2007-03-07T13:10:48Z")
> [@SOO effing close!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/soo-effing-close/11563/16): > > wow there are a lot of closed minds on SON. … This year’s Award for Stating the Painfully Obvious goes to … What I don’t get, is why JDM cars have English names. Man, I still have the original Japanese TV ad for the S12 Silvia. The announcer gets an “A” for effort, but man … “Shhiiiiiiiiiilllvia” even better, of course the trim name has to be in English too … so we get to hear him try to say “Full White RS-X” Yet we get alphanumeric names for the same cars. This whole Chuki, Kouki and Zenki thing is not worth getting your panties in a twist. But yeah, I remember when I didn’t know what they meant, and everyone that did held it over my head like they’d discovered the cure for cancer. Odd, those same people are still driving stock 240SXs. It just makes me smile when people go on and on about their Silvia Kouki coupe with chuki spoiler, and Zenki tails, and you realize what they’re actually saying is “My crappy stock USDM 240SX has parts from other crappy 240SXs stuck on it. I paid 6 times what used USDM parts are actually worth to have this Heinz 57, busted ass KA powered shitbox.” I don’t care if you call a 240/200SX a Silvia or not. They’re both S12, S13 or S14 chassis. I’ll say S12 Silvia before 200SX, but that’s because I don’t want anyone to think I drive a FWD Nissan Jelly Bean. I’m more offended when people refer to their cars as things they’re not … like fast. ---
**Author:** ![jammin1911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@jammin1911](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jammin1911)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/29 "2007-03-07T14:48:48Z")
> [@Ah what one can find on EBAY](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ah-what-one-can-find-on-ebay/11554/18): > > I don’t like that comment John. Because that is one of the things that is wrong with our North American culture. We tend to change everything into English to suit our needs. Be it someone’s name, the name of a Country, a city, (eg. Munich -\> München; Cologne -\> [Köln](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/De-K%C3%B6ln.ogg)). > > Calling something by the name it was supposed to be called is not considered wrong; in my pont of view anyways. It is actually exteremely ignorant on our part to call things what we feel like calling them, or what we think is easier or more convenient for us. Cal, definitely a fair argument. Albeit slightly off topic, it’s a good debate in it’s own for sure. Maybe we could start up a proper mature debate in a separate thread about this in off-topic or something… Wait, this is SON so it probably won’t stay mature when the children start chiming in. But anyway, since I tend to disagree with your feelings towards converting things to english to suit our needs we can battle it out one day, like gentlemen. Are we on? ---
**Author:** ![Cal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cal/32/5505_2.png) [@Cal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/30 "2007-03-07T15:17:07Z")
Deal, next time I come out to a West End meet I expect you to hold me to it! (I’ll actually try to come out this summer…) ---
**Author:** ![jammin1911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@jammin1911](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jammin1911)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/31 "2007-03-07T15:46:24Z")
wicked 😃 I’ll probably forget though - I tend to do that haha ---
**Author:** ![Lucas180](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lucas180/32/5556_2.png) [@Lucas180](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lucas180)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214/32 "2007-03-07T15:56:42Z")
its not a big deal to me really just know what they mean for your own good andthen forget about it so if people talk to you and use the words you know what they are talking about [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-hell-do-these-names-mean/104214.md?page=1)