Barry, great name for a kid, but a plane?

[munitalP]

Scoot, please!


LMFAO

:mrgreen:

 

[jetlagger]

Scoot, please!


LMFAO

:mrgreen:

Barry WHO?

Sound like something given to a B52 bomber.. Ah so... 'Barry the Bomber"

 

[Sprucegoose]

obviously some hidden cultural meaning.......

 

[Mal]

Well the other names aren't that much better.

Goin' Scootin'
Maju Lah

 

[Mal]

obviously some hidden cultural meaning.......

It was named by an Aussie .... <cringe>

 

[jetlagger]

It was named by an Aussie .... <cringe>

Apparently was named as a result of a competition.. Origin in Singapore

 

[yohy?!]

stupid name but it fits with their facebook marketing approach

 

[Simo]

Yep I was surprised when I heard the planes name

 

[jetlagger]

IMO name could have been a tad more flamboyant.. as is the colour of the planes & the colourful marketing hype

 

[Mal]

Apparently was named as a result of a competition.. Origin in Singapore

Both "Barry" and "Goin' Scootin'" were suggested by Australians. Yeah. Singapore HQ selected them, but the origin is here.

 

[jetlagger]

Both "Barry" and "Goin' Scootin'" were suggested by Australians. Yeah. Singapore HQ selected them, but the origin is here.

OMG.. You're so correct Mal.. So I suspect a certain pitch & emotive element towards the Australian market.. Just a hunch..Perhaps the next will be name Shazza, or a similar variation... :shock:

 

[Mal]

OMG.. You're so correct Mal.. So I suspect a certain pitch & emotive element towards the Australian market.. Just a hunch..Perhaps the next will be name Shazza, or a similar variation... :shock:

Well they also like Bazza ... so who knows what might happen in the future...

I'm still loling at Virgin's newest plane name:
Lameroo Beach.

Lame Roo

 

[munitalP]

Well they also like Bazza ... so who knows what might happen in the future...

I'm still loling at Virgin's newest plane name:
Lameroo Beach.

Lame Roo

Its the beach at the bottom of the walkway in Darwin. Last time there, I snapped a homeless person who had slept the night complete with shopping trolley with their belongings in, checking their email on a blackberry - LOL

 

[jetlagger]

Its the beach at the bottom of the walkway in Darwin. Last time there, I snapped a homeless person who had slept the night complete with shopping trolley with their belongings in, checking their email on a blackberry - LOL

Please share the photo.. :mrgreen:

 

[munitalP]

Please share the photo.. :mrgreen:

A bit grainy as I downloaded from my facebook timeline...

 

[jetlagger]

A bit grainy as I downloaded from my facebook timeline...

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Thanks..
Brilliant infrastructure.. & nice beach as well!

 

[Katie]

munitalP, what do you mean "great name for a kid"????

 

[tuapekastar]

Well the other names aren't that much better.

Goin' Scootin'
Maju Lah

FWIW, Majulah means something akin to 'flourish' in Malay and is the first word of the title of Singapore's national anthem 'Majulah Singapura'. Whether the split into two smaller words is a nod to the local habit of adding 'la' to the end of many words or expressions I don't know.

 

[kpc]

Ive got a picture of "Barry" on my computer...can upload here if you want

 

[Mal]

FWIW, Majulah means something akin to 'flourish' in Malay and is the first word of the title of Singapore's national anthem 'Majulah Singapura'. Whether the split into two smaller words is a nod to the local habit of adding 'la' to the end of many words or expressions I don't know.

Yeah, Scoot write it up as :

“Being a proudly Singaporean airline, and with this new aircraft entering service near Singapore’s birthday on 9 August, we simply couldn’t pass up this opportunity to celebrate with our home nation,” said Campbell Wilson, Scoot’s CEO. “Of course, neither could we pass up the opportunity to add both Scootitude and some local Singaporean flavour. Hence ‘Maju lah’.”

For the uninitiated, Majulah, Malay for “onward”, is part of the title of Singapore’s national anthem, Majulah Singapura (Onward Singapore), while “lah”, on its own, is the signature suffix of Singlish, Singapore’s very own unofficial language.