"Train Station"?

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I even complained to the Guardian about their official style guide permitting the usage of 'train station' just because 'people under 35' say it. I am under 35, and think that we shouldn't bow to the wrong way of doing things.

Did you ever receive a reply to your complaint to the Guardian, as I would be interested to know how they phrased their answer.

 

[EM2]

Be careful, young person, or we shall see a whole new pedant-led thread debate on the "working" class appearing on this forum...

Cheers Paul (and for the PM), but it's a while since I've been young, having already used up two of my three-score years!
I'll quite gladly argue 'working class', as I am, and probably always will be

 

[HowMuch?]

Certainly should be 'railway station'.... I too have seen signs in towns pointing to 'train station'. I even complained to the Guardian about their official style guide permitting the usage of 'train station' just because 'people under 35' say it. I am under 35, and think that we shouldn't bow to the wrong way of doing things.

Same with pronouncing 'H' as 'Haitch', which is a lot worse!

Perhaps we should resign ourselves. But I certainly know a lot of my friends would say 'train station' instead of just 'station', even though they would never use buses! Why !!

While I don't agree that 'train station' is in any way 'incorrect', I'm with you on 'h'. At least until we have to give in completely and spell it 'haitch', rather than 'aitch'.

 

[Strat-tastic]

As others have noted here, language does evolve through the years, often by mistakes being repeated and gradually becoming common parlance. I do think it is a delicious irony that language is created by the ignorant.

When someone working in a shop, for instance, asks, "Can I help you?", I often reply, "Oh I do hope so." If they can't help me, what are they doing there?

[/PEDANT] .... for now