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Blair
I truly thank you for your engagement as it has forced me to really drag out some old memories, as well as some old research material. I have not taken your input personally, even though this is a subject about which i am personally quite "passionate"

I am truly interested in the phrase "evolved into a broader term in modern culture etc" as this has diferent meanings for diferent people.
Evolved seems to be a cover for "dumbing down" I am not interested in becoming dumber, as i am dumb enough already.

To me, it means that if enough people get it wrong enough, for long enough, often enough, then it must be right. After all, how could millions of bleating sheep be wrong.
I see it as a straight up, black & white issue. A sedan is a sedan, & It has been since the first one appeared. The same applies to all the other body types that we know & love today, but the ute "evolved"? I dont think so. People have evolved perhaps, but it matters not to me if just one gets it wrong, or millions. Wrong is is still wrong.

As i keep repeating, a ute is a ute, in the same way as a sedan is a sedan. Commercial vehicle is the general category, & a ute is but one of the clearly defined designs within that category, just as it was fifty years ago. How hard can that be for the world to grasp?

woodydat
Thanks for your opinion. Apart from popular convention, what is your opinion based on? I noticed some personal invective in there, which you are of course free to use, but precious little of anything else in your post. Is anyone able to trace any of the evolution of the use of the ute term in amongst other specificly named or described vehicle types?

At least i try to back up my opinion[?] with some background, so i KNOW absolutely why i stand where i do on this matter. Are you sure that you do?