Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Raoul

Last night, as I put the Yaris in park and removed the key from the ignition, the interior lights came on automatically, as usual.

"Thank you, Raoul," I said thoughtlessly.

Raoul has been a standard butler name of mine for some time now. It's the name I gave my IV pole back in the hospital.

For a moment I pondered naming my Yaris Raoul, but...nah.
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Anonymous said...

Haha, when I drove a Ford Focus (which my brother has now inherited) I referred to it not as "the Focus" but simple as "Focus", as though that were its given name. I also held periodic, mostly one-sided conversations with it but that's another matter altogether.

Unfortunately, my current vehicle doesn't come so much with a name as an alphanumeric designation and attempts at calling it by that title just doesn't feel right. Perhaps it's just another sign that I need to rid myself of that money-pit (albeit a very sleek, sporty, luxurious money-pit) and pick up something more cost-effective, efficient, and friendly instead.

That said, I've thought Yaris does have a nice ring to it...

Tuesday, March 06, 2007 11:54:00 AM
Heather Meadows said...

I've thought about just calling it Yaris. Yaris is an awesome name!

According to Wikipedia (who got it from Yahoo!), it comes from a combination of the German "ja" and Charis: "In Greek mythology, a Charis is one of several Charites...goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility."

So Charles (who was websurfing with me at the time) suggested I call it Charis, but...eh.

Maybe I could combine another language's word for "yes" with another culture's goddess of charm, beauty, nature, etc. :>

Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:06:00 PM

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