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.