What's your motorhome called?

Scoota and Dixie
Scoota and Dixie Forum Participant Posts: 18
edited November 2016 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

We're awaiting delivery of our new motorhome and trying to decide on a name for him/her.

is yours a boy or a girl? And what's it called?

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  • QFour
    QFour Forum Participant Posts: 442
    edited November 2016 #2

    The first one we had was a Swift .. After a couple of weeks it just got called the Bl**dy Thing .. As in it's bl**dy well gone wrong again.

    The new one is just called Laika. Dashboard Doris gets called all sorts of things especially when she takes you down a narrow lane and then tells you to do a UTurn ..

  • ABM
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    edited November 2016 #3

    Just called " t'  van"  as  in  I'm  off  in  t'  van  for  a  month  steam  rallyin'   !!Wink

     

    (  Oh,  If  only  !!  )

  • Tammygirl
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    edited November 2016 #4

    Sadly ours is a male van and called Bailey Laughing my car is also a male and called Hank. SatNav's are all female and called stupid
    . . . . .  by OH Frown

  • ABM
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    edited November 2016 #5

    Was  it  not  a  welknown  caravan  hater / destroyer  who  worked  out  that  German  S/Ns  had  a  Male  voice  'cos  no  Red  Blooded  Male  German  would  obey  a  female  voice (   Surprised) !!  French  ones  came  with  a  sexy  Lady Voice  to  get  your  attention,  but  British  ones  only  had  on screen  instructions  'cos  the  Brit  drivers  wont  listen  to  anybody  {  They  know  best Tongue Out  }

     

    OOPS,  sorry  -->  back  to  the  OP's  Thread   !!

  • MichaelT
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    edited November 2016 #6

    Sylvia cos it's a Knaus Silver Selection .....

  • young thomas
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    edited November 2016 #7

    the van...seems the most logical and the least confusingUndecided

    do folk have names for dishwashers, washing machines, food mixers and other white goods?Wink

    can just imagine putting the dishes in Diasy, the washing in Winnifred or food into Millie the mixer.....just doesnt seem quite right to me to have names for inanimate objects...

     

  • InaD
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    edited November 2016 #8

    Like BB, ours is called the van.  And our car is called the car. We've never thought of giving MHs a name.  

    Do caravanners give their caravan a name?  Or is it just a MH thing (for some)?

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  • Tinwheeler
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    edited November 2016 #10

    The MH is known as 'The Van'. It's gender neutral - how could it be otherwise? It's an object and can't be personified with names or gender labels. I did that with my Teddy Bear when I was a child. 

  • brue
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    edited November 2016 #11

    Ours is the van too....my teddy was teddy, unfortunately, one day, I handed "him" over to a friendly dog. I will be more careful with "the van." Wink

  • triky auto
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    edited November 2016 #12

    Wink " Lady Tricky" (in respect for my late Wife )Don't cry.

  • InaD
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    edited November 2016 #13

    We are caravanners, our van is the "Leaky Lunar" butSad we used to have a "Fabulous  Fendt"

    Ok, but do you say: we're going away in the Leaky Lunar, or: we're going away in the (cara)van?

    We always say we're going away in the van, as opposed to going to stay in a hotel for a couple of days, or flying to Greece for a week.

  • MichaelT
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    edited November 2016 #14

    the van...seems the most logical and the least confusingUndecided

    do folk have names for dishwashers, washing machines, food mixers and other white goods?Wink

    can just imagine putting the dishes in Diasy, the washing in Winnifred or food into Millie the mixer.....just doesnt seem quite right to me to have names for inanimate objects...

     

    Write your comments here...We name ships and aeroplanes so why not a MH or Caravan/Car etc.  As for white goods its definatley Mrs T's cooker, Mrs T's dishwasher, Mrs T's Iron .....

     

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  • Bakers2
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    edited November 2016 #16

    Homa, gender neutral as far as were concerned. Less of a mouthful than motorhome. So named as home away from home. No don't name anything else unless its human or animal.

  • Bakers2
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    edited November 2016 #17

    the van...seems the most logical and the least confusingUndecided

    do folk have names for dishwashers, washing machines, food mixers and other white goods?Wink

    can just imagine putting the dishes in Diasy, the washing in Winnifred or food into Millie the mixer.....just doesnt seem quite right to me to have names for inanimate objects...

     

    Write your comments here...We name ships and aeroplanes so why not a MH or Caravan/Car etc.  As for white goods its definatley Mrs T's cooker, Mrs T's dishwasher, Mrs T's Iron .....

     

    My late father would always say 'your mothers doing her washing or her ironing' despite the bulk of it belonging to others. Guaranteed to wind me up! it is always THE cooker, iron, vac etc in my world and you'd be picked up on it too started me on feminism without me even understanding the concept or knowing the word That said he'd happily cook housework etc so I don't understand why it was referred to that way!

  • statusMoty1
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    edited November 2016 #18

    The "Moty"as apposed to The "'van" which was what our caravans were called...simple and to the point :)

  • cyberyacht
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    edited November 2016 #19



    ...We name ships and aeroplanes so why not a MH or Caravan/Car etc. 

    VannyMcVanface - can't see that catching on.

  • Tammygirl
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    edited November 2016 #20

    As I said earlier we do have names for the M/H and my car, however we do say we are going away in the 'van'  we have 2 cars and a trike, my car got the name Hank as his Reg is HNK so has always been known as Hank the Gkids started that. OH's car is just called by its model, and the Trike is 'Metro'  because its a Peugeot 'Metropolis'  Smile

    Washing machine, dishwasher, iron, vacuum, are just that, they don't have fancy names.

    Bakers my Dad used to refer to everything as Mum's but then again he didn't lift a finger with anything housework, if she went out shopping into town she would leave him a flask of tea and a sandwich Surprised my OH doesn't do any cooking but he does do most other things around the house and has always done his own ironing. 

  • InaD
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    edited November 2016 #21

    We are caravanners, our van is the "Leaky Lunar" butSad we used to have a "Fabulous  Fendt"

    Ok, but do you say: we're going away in the Leaky Lunar, or: we're going away in the (cara)van?

    We always say we're going away in the van, as opposed to going to stay in a hotel for a couple of days, or flying to Greece for a week.

    No we dont but if asked what van we have its a "Leaky Lunar"

    A bit like the Soggy Swifts in years gone by then.....

  • meecee
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    edited November 2016 #22

    Ours is called 'the motorhome'   The satnav's many names are not repeatable in polite company.  (I wouldn't be without it but I am a map lover really)

  • Bakers2
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    edited November 2016 #23

    As I said earlier we do have names for the M/H and my car, however we do say we are going away in the 'van'  we have 2 cars and a trike, my car got the name Hank as his Reg is HNK so has always been known as Hank the Gkids started that. OH's car is just
    called by its model, and the Trike is 'Metro'  because its a Peugeot 'Metropolis'  Smile

    Washing machine, dishwasher, iron, vacuum, are just that, they don't have fancy names.

    Bakers my Dad used to refer to everything as Mum's but then again he didn't lift a finger with anything housework, if she went out shopping into town she would leave him a flask of tea and a sandwich Surprised my
    OH doesn't do any cooking but he does do most other things around the house and has always done his own ironing. 

    I have a friend who works full-time but rushes home to do lunch for her hubby who doesn't work!! 

    Sorry off topic

  • Aspenshaw
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    edited November 2016 #24

    We call ours 'The heap of crap' because we think Hymer cut too many corners trying to get inside the 3500kg limit through experimentation. Some innovative ideas in our van did not make make it into subsequent models. It's still better built than many, though,
    just not as good as my previous Hymer. It's just irritating how many things break and need replacing/repairing even though its over 3 years old now [not all are Hymer's doing]. If it stopped having niggly faults, we might find a name for it that is more flattering.

  • Jood
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    edited November 2016 #25

    the van...seems the most logical and the least confusingUndecided

    do folk have names for dishwashers, washing machines, food mixers and other white goods?Wink

    can just imagine putting the dishes in Diasy, the washing in Winnifred or food into Millie the mixer.....just doesnt seem quite right to me to have names for inanimate objects...

     

    Write your comments here...You're being grumpy BoleroBoy! We'll have to have a 'naming ceremony' at Broadway...

  • Jood
    Jood Forum Participant Posts: 120
    edited November 2016 #26

    We have a VW T5 campervan called Buggles..and a Caravan called Swiffy. The sat nav is know as Maureen....on a good day!

  • hitchglitch
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    edited November 2016 #27

    We have three vehicles and they are called:

    My car, your car, the Van.

  • Outdoor Lady
    Outdoor Lady Forum Participant Posts: 127
    edited November 2016 #28

    I have always stayed away from nameing cars, we call ours by the colour, silver one, black one or brown one (don't ask why we've got 3) but for some reason I started calling the M/H "The Villa" when we first got it as that is how I felt about it
    Laughing We call the sat nav Shirley because she is bossy just like my step mother who was called .... Shirley

  • Jood
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    edited November 2016 #29

    We are caravanners, our van is the "Leaky Lunar" butSad we used to have a "Fabulous  Fendt"

    Write your comments here...but why is th van called a 'Leaky Lunar?!'

  • young thomas
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    edited November 2016 #30

    the van...seems the most logical and the least confusingUndecided

    do folk have names for dishwashers, washing machines, food mixers and other white goods?Wink

    can just imagine putting the dishes in Diasy, the washing in Winnifred or food into Millie the mixer.....just doesnt seem quite right to me to have names for inanimate objects...

     

    Write your comments here...You're being grumpy BoleroBoy! We'll have to have a 'naming ceremony' at Broadway...

    Grumpy? Moi....Happy

    ive just cooked the dinner in Catherine the cooker, will be loading Daisy the diswasher and sitting down with (tonight, MatthewWink......) Terry
    the Temperanillo....(nearly all gone...)

    looking forward to catching up with you both....Happy

  • Scoota and Dixie
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    edited November 2016 #31

    Lots of mixed thoughts on names. My wife thinks it should be called 'Paddy' . I'm still undecided, perhaps it's like waiting to see your baby for the first time to decide on their name!

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