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Well they don’t call it the Japanese Mercedes for nothing. I’ve owned several Lexi in my time.

flobosg 6y ago
> I’ve owned several Lexi in my time. I went into a rabbit hole trying to find out the plural of Lexus. According to Toyota it's Lexus[1]. Lexi is another option, but apparently the brand name is not derived from the Latin term, so some lean towards Lexuses[2]. [1]: https://jalopnik.com/breaking-minds-and-spirits-everywhere-lexus-says-the-p-1834330863 https://jalopnik.com/breaking-minds-and-spirits-everywhere-l... [2]: https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/03/lexus.html https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/03/lexus.html
- Danieru 6y ago
  For further fire on the speculation: Japanese nouns are always both singular and plural. Japanese as a language does not encode plurality. Thus if one considers Lexus to be a Japanese word the plural form being Lexus is reasonable. Like how tsunami is never tsunamis. Or sushi is never sushis. One might argue that "eating sushi" implies multiples by the nature of sushi. Yet McDonalds sells French Fries not French Fry. Likewise we eat Potato Chips not Potato Chip. Thus in other words beyond Lexus the english language adopts the Japanese style.
  - apta 6y ago
    Lexus is not a Japanese word.
    - n30phyte 6y ago
      But it's a Japanese _brand_ and that's what we're talking about.
    - fomine3 6y ago
      Fun fact: There are many cars by Japanese brand, but very few car named in Japanese (lang).
  - kalleboo 6y ago
    Although you also need to consider that Lexus was a brand initially designed exclusively to appeal to the US market. It took over 15 years for them to launch Lexus in Japan.
- tokamak-teapot 6y ago
  For those who watch Alan Partridge[1], 'Lexi' would be likely to come to mind, as in one episode of the series "I'm Alan Partridge", Alan meets someone who, like him, loves his Lexus car. He looks forward to seeing two together and coins the term 'Lexi'. Creation of a faux-Latin term is very much the kind of behaviour the audience would expect. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Partridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Partridge
- mmarx 6y ago
  > Lexi is another option, but apparently the brand name is not derived from the Latin term, so some lean towards Lexuses[2]. For what it's worth, Lexus as the plural form would even be consistent with Latin's fourth declension[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_declension#Fourth_declension_(u_stems) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_declension#Fourth_declen...

> I’ve owned several Lexi in my time. I went into a rabbit hole trying to find out the plural of Lexus. According to Toyota it's Lexus[1]. Lexi is another option, but apparently the brand name is not derived from the Latin term, so some lean towards Lexuses[2]. [1]: https://jalopnik.com/breaking-minds-and-spirits-everywhere-lexus-says-the-p-1834330863 https://jalopnik.com/breaking-minds-and-spirits-everywhere-l... [2]: https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/03/lexus.html https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/03/lexus.html

Danieru 6y ago
For further fire on the speculation: Japanese nouns are always both singular and plural. Japanese as a language does not encode plurality. Thus if one considers Lexus to be a Japanese word the plural form being Lexus is reasonable. Like how tsunami is never tsunamis. Or sushi is never sushis. One might argue that "eating sushi" implies multiples by the nature of sushi. Yet McDonalds sells French Fries not French Fry. Likewise we eat Potato Chips not Potato Chip. Thus in other words beyond Lexus the english language adopts the Japanese style.
- apta 6y ago
  Lexus is not a Japanese word.
  - n30phyte 6y ago
    But it's a Japanese _brand_ and that's what we're talking about.
  - fomine3 6y ago
    Fun fact: There are many cars by Japanese brand, but very few car named in Japanese (lang).
- kalleboo 6y ago
  Although you also need to consider that Lexus was a brand initially designed exclusively to appeal to the US market. It took over 15 years for them to launch Lexus in Japan.
tokamak-teapot 6y ago
For those who watch Alan Partridge[1], 'Lexi' would be likely to come to mind, as in one episode of the series "I'm Alan Partridge", Alan meets someone who, like him, loves his Lexus car. He looks forward to seeing two together and coins the term 'Lexi'. Creation of a faux-Latin term is very much the kind of behaviour the audience would expect. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Partridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Partridge
mmarx 6y ago
> Lexi is another option, but apparently the brand name is not derived from the Latin term, so some lean towards Lexuses[2]. For what it's worth, Lexus as the plural form would even be consistent with Latin's fourth declension[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_declension#Fourth_declension_(u_stems) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_declension#Fourth_declen...