OT:"Caddy" or "Cabby"?

[brian_wagner@sbcglobal.net (brian_wagner@sbcglobal.net)]

I heard it was a play on words, every GOLFer needs a CADDY
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From: <DieingSwan@aol.com>
To: <veedublu@prod.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: OT:"Caddy" or "Cabby"?


> In a message dated 3/11/03 8:40:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> veedublu@prod.net writes:
>
> > As the resident "pickup expert" if you will....
> >
> >  The name is Caddy
> >
> >  It's more than just a nickname...  it's what the model is officially
named
> >  anywhere but the North American market.  Kind of like how the early
Rabbits
> >  (A1 chassis) were "Golfs" in Europe.
> >
> >  Cabby is a reference to a Cabriolet, or Rabbit convertible
(technically,
> >  there are differences between a Rabbit Convertible and a Cabriolet but
I'll
> >  leave that to someone else)
> >
>
> Ah! Now that makes sense. And I potentially could have gone on wondering
for
> years without ever asking. I still don't get why they called the model
Caddy.
> But after all, why Rabbit? More like turtle (sorry Rabbit fans ;-P )
>
> Court
>
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