How is that different? - Because i said so
You've got to admire any argument based on those grounds
How is that different? - Because i said so
How can you use the ridiculously American yoof term "My bad" and object to....well....anything?My bad. I don't visit this forum much so I missed it. No further replies necessary.
I prefer "Underground Station" - which does , after all, describe it better than "tube station" - but tube station doesn't annoy me as much as "***** station". It's a matter of common usage.
If you cut a potato into rectangular strips and fry them in batter are they "chips" or "fries"?
Oh please. In the 1930s the words seafood, OK and commuter were all Americanisms. Or are we not meant to use those either?
I believe the word 'commuter' was invented by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway way back in the 1830s.
The O.E.D. disagrees with you!
Although what is now known as PATH (between New York and New Jersey) started out life as the 'Hudson Tubes'.The term "Tube" has been around a very long time - from when the first Tube lines were opened in fact - and can refer to either the trains or the system itself; not only that it is a British term.
So you hate the term train station but are quite happy to use 'My bad'. :roll:
How can you use the ridiculously American yoof term "My bad" and object to....well....anything?
Chambers dictionary defines it:I'm not aware of the word "yoof". Elaborate.
Ahem...But you're happy to use Internet acronyms frequently (iirc and so on). How is that any different to train station over railway station?
from fero fere tuli latus to bear away, so it needs a 'from' not a 'to'.And while we're at it, may I be permitted to have a mild rant against "different...to"? Thanks, I feel better now.
What constitutes 'proper use' though? Many Victorians would probably have been abhorred by abbreviations like 'imo' (which is modern day txt spk).
'Abhor' is an active verb, not a passive, thus 'Many Victorians would probably have abhorred abbreviations like 'imo'...
In fairness, "railway station" is quite a mouthful.
What constitutes 'proper use' though? Many Victorians would probably have been abhorred by abbreviations like 'imo' (which is modern day txt spk).
But this forum (like many others) would be nothing without pedantry!So is "West Hampstead Thameslink". But getting riled up about "train station" versus "railway station" is severely pedantic!
Who says "aerodrome" nowadays? This was the original british term, not airport.
Which is interesting, considering they invented them to make use of the electric telegraph easier.
Many people in modern day Britain say 'train station' and use 'txt spk' without a care in the world, doesn't stop pedants moaning about it. That sort of objection has existed in every society.
What about "rail station"? Any objections to that?
Stephen Fry has some marvellous thoughts on text speak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CHAryVVXSo
(From about 2:00 in, but watch the whole thing for an awesome bit of television)
A station is somewhere where a normally moving thing stands still. A bus station is where a bus stands still - a station of the cross is where Jesus's cross stood still - a train station is where a train stands still.
Who says "aerodrome" nowadays? This was the original british term, not airport.
Our local noise polluter is known affectionately as "Yeadon Aerodrome"....
Who says "aerodrome" nowadays? This was the original british term, not airport.
Are you sure about that? :?By the way, "train station" is a term coined by management consultants somewhere as one of the endless rebranding exercises to "revitalise the product" so our tickets paid for it indirectly and that is what I object to (or "It is that to which I object", as the tweed-clad Pooter would no doubt point out.)
I go back a long way now and I can remember when Railway Stations were called just that. But the term "Train Station" is everywhere now. It doesn't seem to be used much here so is it just used by grockles? It makes me want to scream.
An airport and an aerodrome are different things. "Aerodrome" is just another word for airfield. An airport is much bigger.