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01-09.-2006, 01:48 PM
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Mitsubishi Pajero LOL....
Further information on the Mitsubishi Pajero SUV
For the curious, the Spanish word pajero means ‘wanker’, from paja meaning ‘wank’ e.g. in the expression hacerse una paja, (literally ‘to do oneself a straw’). These slang expressions come from the fact that both a straw and the penis are similar in being pipe-like. It is the first meaning to come to mind to Spanish speakers in both Spain and the majority of Latin America. Pajero has some non-rude agricultural meanings, referring to someone selling or transporting straw or (in the Canary Islands dialect) the barn where it is kept. These are the original meanings of the word, but not common these days. It is also an obscure nickname for people from Santo Domingo de la Calzada in La Rioja, presumably due to historical straw production in the village. In the dialects of Nicaragua, Colombia and Guatemala, paja is used to mean ‘tap’ (i.e. the end of the ‘pipe’), and so, in Nicaragua at least, a pajero is a plumber, to the mirth of other Spanish-speakers. However, none of these rude or innocent meanings gave the vehicle its name. There is a feline, scientifically classified as Oncifelis colocolo, which is known in Spanish as the gato pajero (‘grass cat’) or gato de las pampas (‘Pampas cat’). It is similiar to the ocelot and hunts small animals in the reeds and grasslands of South America. There are several subspecies, including Oncifelis colocolo colocolo found in central Chile and Oncifelis colocolo pajeros found in central Argentina. In this official press release in Japanese (media.mitsubishi-motors.com/pressrelease/j/products/detail310.html), Mitsubishi explains that they got the name for the vehicle from the latter subspecies, which they call by its short name Felis pajeros. The Pampas cat featured on the emblem on early Pajero SUVs. Genteel sources such as the BBC claim that pajero means ‘masturbator’, which is incorrect given that it is offensive slang, just like the English term. The pronunciation of Pajero tends to be anglicised to ‘puh-JEER-oh’, but the original Spanish is quite different: very approximately ‘pah-HAIR-oh’. It is the anglicised pronunciation that is used as the basis of Japanese ???? (pa je ro) and Chinese ??? (pà jié luó). The Mitsubishi Pajero was renamed Montero (‘hunter in the mountains’) in Spain and the Americas, and — strangely — Shogun (‘Japanese warlord’) in the UK; but people in other parts of the world, including Australia and continental Europe, drive about cars which proudly proclaim their driver to be a Pajero in lettering along the side.  |
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01-09.-2006, 01:59 PM
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Re: Mitsubishi Pajero LOL....
Yes, I had heard something along those lines before, although never such a detailed description of the origin of the word.
The Japanese are good at picking interesting names for vehicles - remember the Cedric? There is an apocryphal story which says that when told that Cedric was associated with homosexuality the MD of Nissan apparently replied "well then, they will buy lots of cars". Thank heavens we never had the Cyril!  |
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01-09.-2006, 02:22 PM
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Re: Mitsubishi Pajero LOL....
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01-09.-2006, 05:03 PM
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Re: Mitsubishi Pajero LOL....
Here in sheep shagger central we have used Jap imports, with such interesting model names as:
Bongo (Mazda van) Exciting Model (Corolla variant) Cefiro (Maxima) Emina (Toyota Previa) I can't help calling it an enema I'll think of more later |
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01-09.-2006, 07:20 PM
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Re: Mitsubishi Pajero LOL....
It just makes so much more polite when a big 4x4 driver abuses the road and you yell Hey! Pajero.
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04-09.-2006, 07:13 AM
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Re: Mitsubishi Pajero LOL....
Well whether this was an urban myth or not I'm not sure but it makes a good story. Apparently, Mitsubishi wanted to continue the horse theme from the Colt after it came out.
The rumour was the Japanese design chief rang his marketing boys in the US to tell them they'd come up with a new sports car called the 'Stallion', and hey presto - the Mitsubishi Starion was born... J. |
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04-09.-2006, 09:53 AM
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Re: Mitsubishi Pajero LOL....
www.engrish.com for all your 'lost in translation' needs.
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05-09.-2006, 12:09 PM
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Re: Mitsubishi Pajero LOL....
Talking about lost in translation.
When a muslim goes to "Mecca" on his pilgrimige, ask a spanish speaker where he has gone.. Hehehehe. |
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06-09.-2006, 07:07 AM
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Therefore I am going on a pilgrimige to mecca sounds kinda funny. |
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