Wouldn't that more accurately be called technopomorphism? We just refer to our fleet as "the blue car", "your/my car", "the grey car", or "the van"
On 1/11/06, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to dissent, but I am opposed to the silly anthropomorphism of naming > cars , e.g. "gertrude", "Brunhilde", Otto, "Hammer", etc. Dogs yes, cars > no. Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state" '87 300TD intercooler (211k) '84 300D (207k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (186K)