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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1998 18:23:00 -0330
Reply-To:     Bob Norman <B.Norman@THEZONE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Bob Norman <B.Norman@THEZONE.NET>
Subject:      Re: "It's not a Van... it's a Bus."
Comments: To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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David-M wrote:

> 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.

I thought that a Caravan was a trailer, ie: a non-motorized camper that you tow behind your automobile. What would you call a motor home? Do you have those big ol' things? I was in England for a couple of months during the summer of '92 and don't recall seeing one.

Cheers, Bob Norman


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