8
Dec
2009
Chad Ochocinco changing his name to “Hachi Go”
It’s been a while since we’ve had a good Chad Johnson/Ochocinco story, and apparently his culturally insensitive Sombrero TD celebration on Sunday didn’t get him enough attention this weekend, so … guess who’s planning on changing his name again?
Ochocinco recently announced via his USTREAM that he will legally be changing his last name to “Hachi Go” next year. “Hachi Go” is apparently Japanese for eighty-five and I gotta admit, it’s better than Ochocinco. And it’ll be interesting to see how the league responds to yet another change to his jersey. Although, based on Chad’s minimal grasp of linguistics, I can’t help but wonder what “Hachi Go” really means.
When I entered “eighty five” into Babelfish, this is what it came back with:
八十五
Not very helpful. But when I did a search for “Hachi Go” on the interwebs, I learned that Hachi Go actually means “8-5″ not 85 . “Hachi-juu Go” is 85. So, this would be consistent with his current numerically incorrect surname.
I also discovered this Urban Dictionary definition:
Hachigo
Japanese for 85, “haci” is 8, and “Go” is 5. Refers to the AE85 Corolla/Levin Toyota car of the 80′s. Popular for it’s RWD features and drift setup.
So, essentially Chad is planning on naming himself after a crappy 1985 Toyota Corolla. Sounds like a plan.
(or maybe just eight-five, based on Chad’s understanding of linguistics),
