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    Reading the PNG Motor Traffic Regulation Chapter 243 as of 2012


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    When LR was the standard , apologies for the shrunken thingie, story of my life
    By all means get a Defender. If you get a good one, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
    apologies to Socrates

    Clancy MY15 110 Defender

    Clancy's gone to Queensland Rovering, and we don't know where he are

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    I'm glad to see Land-rover has entered the lexicon for 4WD, like "hoovering" for vacuum cleaning and "xeroxing" for copying. Although I see on the "Death In Paradise" TV series they refer to their Defender as a "jeep". Not sure if that is a Caribbean thing as it is filmed on Guadalupe.


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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyG View Post
    Reading the PNG Motor Traffic Regulation Chapter 243 as of 2012


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    When LR was the standard , apologies for the shrunken thingie, story of my life
    They cant have updated it for yonks.
    When working there in the 60,s and 70,s all the PMV,s were Toyota. Bums on the edge and Arsegrass hanging over the side
    The only Land Rover around was mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RANDLOVER View Post
    I'm glad to see Land-rover has entered the lexicon for 4WD, like "hoovering" for vacuum cleaning and "xeroxing" for copying. Although I see on the "Death In Paradise" TV series they refer to their Defender as a "jeep". Not sure if that is a Caribbean thing as it is filmed on Guadalupe. ]
    Nope, I hear it regularly on British TV programmes, even Midsomer Murders!
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    Like the examples above for vacuum which is called a hoover in the U.K. all 4x4 are genetically referred to as a Jeep. Strange in the land of the Land Rover

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3toes View Post
    Like the examples above for vacuum which is called a hoover in the U.K. all 4x4 are genetically referred to as a Jeep. Strange in the land of the Land Rover
    "Jeep" is of course shorthand for G.P. or "general purpose", the original specification for a wartime light 4WD, so it kinda makes sense. The brand name came later.

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    And Tannoy for a public address system (Tannoy is a UK brand).

    But we do the same here but not nearly to the same degree. I hear "Gerni" a lot for high pressure water cleaners.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bee utey View Post
    "Jeep" is of course shorthand for G.P. or "general purpose", the original specification for a wartime light 4WD, so it kinda makes sense. The brand name came later.
    Originally there were 3 manufacturers, not just Willy's but Ford & Bantam, arguably Bantam were the inventor of the Jeep, but couldn't produce the numbers as they were a small company.

    Willys MB - Wikipedia

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    Then there's Primus (pressure stoves), Biro (ball point pens) and Thermos (vacuum flasks) that have become generic.

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    And the great Aussie favourite, the ever present "Esky".

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