Asinus@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month 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-up125arrow-down131
arrow-up1-6arrow-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 month agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareAsinus@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month 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.