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08-29-2005, 07:10 PM

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CowboyTurbo

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mmm.... I like strawberries.

incidentally, does anybody actually know WHY they call it strawberry face?

08-29-2005, 07:17 PM

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h22lude

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^^^ What is the first bumper?

I was going to ask the same question about strawberry face

08-29-2005, 08:31 PM

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ghostman

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i think i read somewhere that strawberry stands for "ichi go" which i think was the first company to manufacture the conversion?

08-29-2005, 10:22 PM

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S15....in japanese ichi means one, goh means five...jyuu-goh means fifteen...but instead of calling the S15, S-fifteen like we do here...we call it one-five in japan...and if you say one-five in japan it sounds just like the word for strawberry...ichigo

08-29-2005, 10:30 PM

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brilliant!

08-29-2005, 10:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Ayuaddict
S15....in japanese ichi means one, goh means five...jyuu-goh means fifteen...but instead of calling the S15, S-fifteen like we do here...we call it one-five in japan...and if you say one-five in japan it sounds just like the word for strawberry...ichigo

Nice...thanks for clearing that up