Asinus@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days agoAnnouncements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.message-squaremessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down130
arrow-up1-7arrow-down1message-squareAnnouncements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.Asinus@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareReanuKeeves@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoHow do you define abbreviation?
minus-squareAsinus@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·4 days agoMaybe its the wrong english word but portside is shorter than “left in the direction of travel”. Even more in my language.
minus-squareReanuKeeves@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoI don’t doubt they exist but I’ve never heard a train announcement use the “in the direction of travel” part. The ones I’ve been on either say left/right or even not say a direction but simply open the doors with lights flashing above it
How do you define abbreviation?
Maybe its the wrong english word but portside is shorter than “left in the direction of travel”.
Even more in my language.
I don’t doubt they exist but I’ve never heard a train announcement use the “in the direction of travel” part. The ones I’ve been on either say left/right or even not say a direction but simply open the doors with lights flashing above it