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So Renault have announced their new eco-car - the Zoe

But not everyone is so happy. A whole bunch of French parents have started a petition to get Renault to change it as they don't want it named after their little darlings

http://www.elephant.co.uk/newsArticles/ ... g-ructions

Well all I can say to them is

GET A LIFE

Zoe

One of my offspring is called Astra, because I knew stuff all about cars & she was my little STAR!!!

MW

how about a new name .........................trev....... mick.......nobby.......rusty.....

I know it might seem odd, but the French sometimes get very upset about non-human things being given human names. This extends particularly to animals: it is just seen as being very impolite to name a horse or a dog or a chicken with a name that might be used for a person. Renault should have been sensitive to this being as what they are French and all

Thomzo wrote:So Renault have announced their new eco-car - the Zoe

But not everyone is so happy. A whole bunch of French parents have started a petition to get Renault to change it as they don't want it named after their little darlings

http://www.elephant.co.uk/newsArticles/ ... g-ructions

Well all I can say to them is

GET A LIFE

Zoe

Typical french....

whne we were expecting our baby way back in yonder times we didn't know the sex so possible names had to be of a unisex type nature. We counldn't decide so in desperation I said "right the next name we see will be the baby's name... ok? My wife agreed and the next name we saw was Aaron's school of motoring !!!

All I can say is that I'm glad it wasn't Rentokill........ oh and the baby was a boy.......

[ see I haven't got any better with age]

BA

The Riff-Raff Element wrote:I know it might seem odd, but the French sometimes get very upset about non-human things being given human names. This extends particularly to animals: it is just seen as being very impolite to name a horse or a dog or a chicken with a name that might be used for a person. Renault should have been sensitive to this being as what they are French and all

Aha, then that would explain the extremely wierd dog and cat names lists you see on posters at the vets. Horses also have very odd names.

Thank god my neighbours have got Prince, Mimi and Biscotte as I can prounounce them!

MuddyWitch wrote:One of my offspring is called Astra, because I knew stuff all about cars & she was my little STAR!!!

MW

My offspring are called Stella and Chardonnay because..............

old tree man wrote:how about a new name .........................trev....... mick.......nobby.......rusty.....

I like this. Can't you just see the Citroen Double Nobby? The Ford Rusty? The General Motors Trev?

Yes, I foresee a totally new poetic world

Mike

Then again there is this story....

http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/news- ... s_id=19877

Baby born in the back of the car is named Kia. Good job they weren't driving a Pug...

MKG wrote: I like this. Can't you just see the Citroen Double Nobby? The Ford Rusty? The General Motors Trev?

Yes, I foresee a totally new poetic world

Mike

Fiat did used to sell a car in South America called the "Rustica". For some reason, that name wasn't used in Europe.

Personally, I'd be happy to drive a car called a Double Nobby.

My kids are called Hyundai Accent and Nissan Primera. And you don't hear me complaining.

Enormous Sage wrote:

MKG wrote: I like this. Can't you just see the Citroen Double Nobby? The Ford Rusty? The General Motors Trev?

Yes, I foresee a totally new poetic world

Mike

Fiat did used to sell a car in South America called the "Rustica". For some reason, that name wasn't used in Europe.

Personally, I'd be happy to drive a car called a Double Nobby.

I refer to BMW drivers as something pretty similar...

I wonder if there was the same trouble in Italy when Ferrari released the "Enzo"? Being named after the company's founder there has got to be a few of them about.

Don't know what the French are complaining about, not so long ago they had to select the name of their kids from a list of names kept by the Mayor of the village - doubt if Zoe ever got on to the list and would have been only considered suitable for a cat, dog or car!

i have a pet halibut - called Eric - Eric the halibut

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