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Offline edwardmorris

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The 'K' in our CB750s
« on: October 04, 2019, 07:58:58 PM »
Found this on failbook, someone posted it from a book from 1999
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Re: The 'K' in our CB750s
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2019, 08:08:59 PM »
In the early '80s, I worked with a fellow from Japan, who was a field engineer with an electronics company we had purchased the latest model from, the Kai. When I asked Ishi what Kai meant, in his best Janglish he replied " New, improved". :)
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Re: The 'K' in our CB750s
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2019, 07:49:59 PM »
Wonder where “F” came from?
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Re: The 'K' in our CB750s
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2019, 10:16:07 PM »
Japan, like the others.🤪
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Re: The 'K' in our CB750s
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2019, 12:34:03 AM »
Quote from: BenelliSEI on October 05, 2019, 07:49:59 PM
Wonder where “F” came from?
"Fast"?
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Re: The 'K' in our CB750s
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2019, 12:29:31 PM »
「ふ」 is the only sound that is pronounced with a “f” sound, for example 「ふとん」 (futon) or 「ふじ」 (Fuji). That's fine in Japanese because there are no words with other “f” sounds such as “fa”, “fi”, or “fo”. ... However, “v” sounds are rarely used due to the difficulty native Japanese speakers have in pronouncing them.
Taken from www.guidetojapanese.org

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Re: The 'K' in our CB750s
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2019, 02:12:01 PM »
 Someone posted a while back he asked someone in the know what CB meant and was told it comes next after CA.
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