Modern Buddy

Posted: **Tue Oct 08, 2013 7:44 pm**

Forgive me if this has been asked but: How did the Buddy get the name Buddy in the states? I'm not saying it's awfull cos I like it n all just a bit of trivia I'd like to know.....

Posted: **Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:00 pm**

I guess because "Grand Dink" was already taken and they woulda had to add two feet to the cowling to fit "McCaleb's Marvelously Magical Miniscule Motorscooter"

Posted: **Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:50 pm**

I think "Buddy" is Taiwanese for "Pal"

Posted: **Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:53 am**

charlie55 wrote:I guess because "Grand Dink" was already taken and they woulda had to add two feet to the cowling to fit "McCaleb's Marvelously Magical Miniscule Motorscooter"

Actually Bet-n-win, Xciting, Downtown, and a number of other dippy names were also taken by others, and Bubu didn't seem like a winner so - quick, think of something friendly and not too goofy.

Posted: **Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:56 am**

The name is 100% from Genuine. As for why… uh, I have no idea. It would not surprise me to hear they were tossing ideas around and thought this was funny and it stuck.

Posted: **Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:37 am**

I've always figured it was chosen in an attempt to "translate" Bubu into something similar-sounding* that could work in obvious advertising slogans like "It's good to have a Buddy".

*kinda like the LML Star became the Stella.

Posted: **Wed Oct 09, 2013 5:00 pm**

Buddy is much better than BuBu.

Posted: **Wed Oct 09, 2013 5:29 pm**

BuBu?

Posted: **Fri Oct 11, 2013 3:06 am**

Drum Pro wrote:Forgive me if this has been asked but: How did the Buddy get the name Buddy in the states? I'm not saying it's awfull cos I like it n all just a bit of trivia I'd like to know.....

Most likely because it's a warm fuzzy kind of name. Everybody wants a "buddy", right?

Bill in Seattle
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Posted: **Fri Oct 11, 2013 5:00 pm**

Like I've sigged in the past, "Everybody loves some Buddy sometime."

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