Bob Norman wrote: > > Philip Hanson (Volt Computer) wrote: > > > > I dislike referring to my '88 Westie as a "van" - I prefer to call it a > > "bus". For some reason, "bus" has a better karmic feeling to it. To me, > > the word "van" conjures up images of an old Chevy cargo van with a broken > > 8-track player, duct tape over the windows and a hostage in the back. > > > > Definitely a "bus" man, myself. You? > > Could not agree more! Took me several years to realize that i really > really didn't like anyone calling my bus a van. Then one day some one > said the V word and it hit me, It is not a van, vans are common > ordinary, non-fun things with a car steering wheel, and no soul... I > drive a bus. Even though i refer to it on the list as a "Westy" it is > only for the sake of clarity, In person, i never use that term, i always > refer to it as my Bus, or the Bus. Bus is actually a contraction of omnibus, and van is a contraction of caravan. In Britain they call luxury buses 'coaches'. Actually, if you give your ??? a name, you can avoid the whole thing and just say 'lets go in Delilah' or whatever. |
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