Of course, I explained to him that "vans" are also a real category of vehicle and reminded him where he might have seen one. I just found this an interesting example of where the language we use are derived from concepts that are once commonplace and then either disappear or, as in this case, become less visible to parts of our society.
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20 comments:
These days when big vans are practically a thing of the past, it's understandable that kids don't even know what's a minivan from a van anymore.
Did your kid also wonder why sports cars are called that when such cars are often used outside speedways anyway? I wondered about that as a child.
It's a word that has lost its meaning when the original concept disappears in the vernacular.
That's probably the same reason as to why other antiquated expressions are lost in translation.
Minivans are actually a type of van designed for personal use and are either two-box or one box designs. They are also called multi-purpose vehicles or multi-utility vehicles (MUVs).
I think they called it mini because you associate vans as something big and looks like a truck.
Its rare to see mini vans these days. All i see now are trucks and huge vans.
"These days when big vans are practically a thing of the past, it's understandable that kids don't even know what's a minivan from a van anymore."- Very true.
They can call it a mini van because vans used to be associated with caravans so they called the smaller ones mini vans.
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These days you can barely see mini vans on the road.
There are small vans and there are large vans if you notice. The confusion comes when people call all vans minivans.
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Mini vans are so rare now a days. People consider them as hipster since you can decorate inside them whatever you want.
Some collectors still collects this mini vans. They are hippy and trendy. Other do some renovation on them such as putting stuff gps and etc.
That's funny because I got the same question from my 4-year-old and I had to answer that simply because it looks like a "mini candy" compared to a tootsie roll.
Interesting topic. I read somewhere that they were called minivan because the original car-based vans were small. second hand cars manchester
I guess he was wondering why it's called minivan when these automobiles aren't really "mini".
I think mini vans are interesting, and I like when I see them around city but like others said they were pretty bad otherwise. used cars salford
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