Toyoda/Toyota

[Lisa Galvin]

It (da) only requires more strokes in the katakana and hiragana versions, not in the kanji (Chinese character). 

 

 

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> Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:54:18 -0500
> From: stevekl at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Toyoda/Toyota
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> In addition to requiring fewer strokes, according to Katie Couric, the 'ta'
> version requires eight strokes, and eight is considered a lucky number. (The
> 'da' version apparently requires ten strokes.)
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> - Steve
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> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Salikoko Mufwene
> <s-mufwene at uchicago.edu>wrote:
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> > victor steinbok wrote:
> > > Not sure if any of it is true, but this is circulating on "the series of
> > tubes":
> > >
> > > Why Toyota and not Toyoda?
> > >
> > > ==
> > > According to a much-quoted article in Wikipedia, the spelling change
> > > was made to make it easier to pronounce, symbolize a separation from
> > > the founder's home life, and, possibly most importantly, because
> > > Toyota, which takes eight strokes to write in Japanese, is considered
> > > to be luckier than Toyoda.
> > > ==
> > >
> > Yes, your version is more accurate than mine. It had to do with "luck"
> > rather than "connotations."
> >
> > Sali.
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