I think this is a riot - there's been more posts on this email than on just about anything in as long as I can remember! My van is named Matilda, and that's how I generally address her. As in "hi, Matilda!" when coming back to where I left her, or "come on, Matilda, you can do it" when going up a hill. Occasionally I address her at Tildy, and once in a while as Vanny. When speaking to other people about her, sometimes I refer to her by name, as in "Matilda is in the hospital AGAIN!" - but it depends on whom I'm talking to. With non-vanagonauts (e.g. most of my friends) I usually refer to her as "my van" because otherwise they might not quite understand if I asked whether I could leave Matilda in their driveway while I went overseas for a month. Matilda usually addresses me as "Joy" not "person" or "mistress" or "my owner."
Joy
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Jeff <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote: > As I read the posts on this list, I'm more than a little surprised how many > people have names for their vehicles. Do people really refer to your > vehicles by name? For instance, do you say things like: "Let's take Pinky > to the hardware store"? > > It just seems kind of odd to me. I've been in the VW scene since the 70's > and I can't remember anyone referring to the vehicle by name, unless it was > a derogatory name, like: "We can take my POS". > > I have to admit that I've named a few vehicles... there's the Red Turd, and > the Blue Turd (see derogatory comment above), but that's about it. Hell... > I had a cat for 12 years that I only called Cat. > > Just curious... > > Cheers, > > Jeff > 4 Dokas, 1 Iltis... and none of them have a name. > |
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