what's in a name?

Discussion in 'Introduce Yourselves' started by Mark Jerman, Jun 11, 2013.

  1. another question from a novice...what's the protocol on changing the name of your bus from the previous owners? we inherited Weronyka based on the plate, and we are ok keeping that as one vw garage told us it was bad luck to change it, just there are 5 of us in the family, all with different views on what we might call it if its not bad form...figured there would be plenty of opinion on TLB:), cheers
     
  2. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    i think it's boats you can't change - so safe if it's not a westy..........
     
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  3. sANDYbAY

    sANDYbAY On benefits-won't sponsor!

    You're whole world will collapse around your ears if you change the name of your bus. You are meddling with forces beyond your comprehension. BEWARE!!!!!
     
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  4. seriously? who says
     
  5. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    he's joking mate, seriously? it's an inanimate object it will work exactly the same if it's covered in flowers and loved by you and called daisy as much as it's hated and called satan - just name it what you like.
     
  6. ^ Although Weronika is a pretty fab name :D
     
  7. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    maybe the original owner had a lisp, and it's actually veronica?
     
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  8. Or the 'w' is pronounced German stylee
     
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  10. Well I'm doomed then - ours changed gender and name when we got it. Charlie -> Hattie Don't know why it was Charlie, but I'd already declared that if we ever bought one we should call it Hattie, then when one came up with reg HTT, it was a done deal. (no of course that's not the only reason we bought it. It's purple as well...)
     
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  11. we stuck with the po name as its on the plates ELR so its Ella :p
     
  12. 100% not true :eek:
    You have been warned :thumbsup:
     
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  13. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

    If you rename a yacht the only way to avoid bad luck is to restep the mast & place a gold coin under the new mast.
    Maybe something similar works with a bus, put a gold coin in the engine bay.
    Heaven knows I've put enough gold coins into our Camper. :D
     
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  14. cheers...may stick with Weronyka and call her (w) ronnie for short, or maybe Monty or Brian now;)
     
  15. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    great idea - veronica/Ronnie is cool - also you can have a signature song when you're driving.

    Is it all in that pretty little head of yours?
    What goes on in that place in the dark?
    Well I used to know a girl and I could have sworn
    that her name was Veronica
    Well she used to have a carefree mind of her own
    and a delicate look in her eye
    These days I'm afraid she's not even sure if her
    name is Veronica

    Chorus:

    Do you suppose, that waiting hands on eyes,
    Veronica has gone to hide?
    and all the time she laughs at those who shout
    her name and steal her clothes.
    Veronica, Veronica, Veronica


    Did the days drag by? Did the favours wane?
    Did he roam down the town all the while?
    did you wake from your dream, with a wolf at
    the door, reaching out for Veronica
    Well it was all of sixty-five years ago
    When the world was the street where she lived
    And a young man sailed on a ship in the sea
    With a picture of Veronica

    On the "Empress of India"
    And as she closed her eyes upon the world and
    picked upon the bones of last week's news
    She spoke his name out loud again

    Chorus:

    Do you suppose, that waiting hands on eyes,
    Veronica has gone to hide?
    and all the time she laughs at those who shout
    her name and steal her clothes.
    Veronica, Veronica, Veronica


    Veronica sits in her favorite chair
    She sits very quiet and still
    And they call her a name that they never get right
    and if they don't then nobody else will


    But she used to have a carefree mind of her own
    with a devilish look in her eye
    saying you can call me anything you like
    but my name is Veronica

    Chorus:

    Do you suppose, that waiting hands on eyes,
    Veronica has gone to hide?
    and all the time she laughs at those who shout
    her name and steal her clothes.
    Veronica, Veronica, Veronica
     
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  16. perfect, thanks rickyrooo1!
     
  17. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    the lyrics are quite appropriate for a bay as well - glad to be of service!
     
  18. We changed the name of our van - it used to be called Bertha, but in an effort to save weight we changed it to Ertha.
     
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  19. Mine was just called the sunshine bus when I got her, so translated it to welsh to get 'Heulwen', which is the double meaning of also being a female's name and the word 'sunshine'.
     
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  20. We've changed the name on all our buses. Some either didn't have one or they were not to our liking so we just made up random ones that we liked except for our latest bus Mack who (a) came from Scotland (previously Arizona though!) and b) my other half loves big American Mack trucks so adding the 'k' covered all angles :D
     
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