I've decided that it would be a good idea to post stuff both on my xanga weblog and here, if it's good stuff. If it's crap stuff, then I'll just put it on xanga. I don't think up enough stuff to keep two things going simultaneously. So anyways, here's today.

What's with car names? Here's a few samples.

MIATA - meaningless; PROTEGE - One whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person; MPV - multipurpose vehicle?

CIVIC - Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil; ACCORD - To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony; PRELUDE - An introductory performance, event, or action preceding a more important one; INSIGHT - The capacity to discern the true nature of a situation

TERCEL - A male hawk used in falconry; ECHO - Repetition of a sound by reflection of sound waves from a surface; COROLLA - The petals of a flower considered as a group or unit and usually of a color other than green; the inner whorl of the perianth; CAMRY - no definition; PRIUS - no definition; AVALON - In Arthurian legend, an island paradise in the western seas to which King Arthur went at his death; CELICA - no definition

IMPALA - A reddish African antelope (Aepyceros melampus) noted for its leaping ability and having ridged, curved horns in the male; MONTE CARLO - A town of Monaco on the Mediterranean Sea and the French Riviera. It is a noted resort famed for its casino and luxurious hotels. Population: 13,150; CORVETTE - A fast, lightly armed warship, smaller than a destroyer, often armed for antisubmarine operations; CAVALIER - A gallant or chivalrous man, especially one serving as escort to a woman of high social position; a gentleman; A mounted soldier; a knight; CAMARO - not defined

VIPER - Any of several venomous Old World snakes of the family Viperidae, having a single pair of long, hollow fangs and a thick, heavy body; STRATUS - A low-altitude cloud formation consisting of a horizontal layer of gray clouds; NEON - An extremely bright color; INTREPID - Resolutely courageous; fearless

It seems that we have a mixture of nonsense, weird scientific, and just weird. I mean, civic? I guess maybe the idea is you drive it around the city? Chevy seems to be quite consistent, in that everything is very romanticized. The antelope, the wild town, the gunboat, etc. Okay. Dodge? A snake, a cloud, a bright colour and a brave guy. I don't know. Don't see the trend. But Toyota? A bird, a flower, an island and several nonsense words. I guess maybe there's a nature theme there. Not sure. And maybe Honda is slightly city oriented. Hard to say.

The things where you don't get this is in trucks and SUV's. Those have pretty clearly named things. Forester, Expedition, Forerunner, Pathfinder, Cherokee, etc. But these car names...I dunno. Weird. Part of it might be because I just sort of chose a bunch at random to define. For example, there's a whole cloud series I think. Cirrus, Stratus, cumulus....thunderhead? No that's Thunderbird...

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