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| Herbie in hiding. Pic: Connor McManus. |
Did you know National Name Your Car Day is a thing? writes Brian Byrne. I didn't, but it seems that it is, on 2 October.
To mark the occasion, a survey commissioned by the Irish personalised name label producer, My Nametags, found that more than half of respondents have a name for their car.
So, for what it's worth, the most popular name for a car in Ireland is Betsie, followed by Herbie and Bertie. There's possibly a psychological reason why they all end in 'ie', but that's for someone else to investigate.
The practice is mostly a woman's thing, with females representing almost three-quarters of those who name their jalopies. Just 13 per cent of the 'yes' were men.
