Asinus@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day 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-square27fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down130
arrow-up1-4arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareAsinus@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·24 hours agoTrue. That’s a flaw with the english words. Yet the exit would always be on the stationboard side (left or right). So you would never know which side of the train to exit.
True. That’s a flaw with the english words.
Yet the exit would always be on the stationboard side (left or right). So you would never know which side of the train to exit.