purosangue

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 09/18/2018 at 14:56 • Filed to: None

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As much as I want to hate this name, I do like the idea of the db o wners of these sounding like massive db s when they tell people what kind of car they drive.

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Future Heap Owner > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/18/2018 at 15:20

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Sounds like a Death Eater’s favorite car

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Future Heap Owner 09/18/2018 at 15:22

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In black, it may look like one.

Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/18/2018 at 15:40

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Apparently it's Italian for thoroughbred.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein 09/18/2018 at 15:52

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Yeah, it’s a perfectly fine Italian word. But imagine some rich white American telling someone that they own a Ferrari Purosangue...

Taycan is also a stupid name.

InFierority Complex > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/18/2018 at 16:00

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There’s something very try hard about naming the SUV a “Pureblood.” Guys, it’s a real Ferrari, look at the name.

That said, I thin k the idea of naming cars after traditional Italian horse breeds could be a cool theme, if a bit Lamborghini -ish.

Nom De Plume > InFierority Complex 09/18/2018 at 16:15

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So Manley!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > InFierority Complex 09/18/2018 at 16:19

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AuthiCooper1300 > Textured Soy Protein 09/18/2018 at 17:07

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Exactly. Note that the Italian purosangue is the same concept as pur-sang (French; that’s how the Bugatti 35 racers were called, back in the day... well before the replica maker!) and purasangre (Spanish).

AuthiCooper1300 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/18/2018 at 17:17

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That was an interesting choice by Porsche. T a y c a n is a Turkic word that means something like “vivacious colt”; it is also both a Turkish first name and surname w i t h e x a c t l y t h e same etymol o g y – and, if the official Porsche press releases are to be believed, it has a sort of exotic, o r i e n t a l i s c h ring about it. N ote that the German adjective o r i e n t a l i s c h refers to the Middle East ( One T h o u s a n d an d O n e N i g h t s e t c ) and not to t he “oriental” , Asian Far East (China, f o r e x a m p l e ).

O n e s o m e h o w h a s t o a d m i r e t h a t nowadays a G e r m a n c o m p a n y h a s c h o s e n a n a m e w i t h T u r k i s h o v e r t ones for a b r a nd new product, don’ t you think?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > AuthiCooper1300 09/18/2018 at 17:37

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I guess. The source and meaning are fine, and I guess I’m glad it’s not an alphanum eric like so many others are using, but if I was in the market for a car like this, I’d tell people I bought an electric car made by Porsche, not a “tai-kahn”.

Should’ve named it the Shere Kha n, perhaps.

AuthiCooper1300 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/18/2018 at 18:24

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I am not defending the Taycan name per se (I certainly like it much better than Panamera) but I do find Porsche is being quite brave .

Finding a proper name for a product is a very complex business. First you have to choose something, well, more or less relevant. Also - if someone has used it before you are done. Then it has to sound good, be easy to remember, easy to spell etc in all the most important markets.

And then you have to double check all over the world that its sound or its spelling doesn’t mean anything stupid, offensive or confusing... in a lot of languages. A lot. Obviously if Taycan sounds similar to “you are a filthy bastard” in some remote language of Papua New Guinea... it’s no big deal. But try to cross-check it with the most important Chinese dialects, for example. Some twenty years ago a certain car designer pointed out to me that some, er, minoritarian dialects of Chinese may have... five, six million speakers?

That’s one of the reasons why sometimes it is easier to just invent a new word. Cases in point are “Aptiva” (a computer), “Calibra” (car), “Boxster” (ditto).

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > AuthiCooper1300 09/18/2018 at 20:34

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Oh, it’s not easy, that’s for sure.

Boxster’s a great name.