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Subject:Re: "It's not a Van... it's a Bus."
From:Bob Norman
Date:Fri, 20 Nov 1998 18:23:00 -0330

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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