Asinus@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months 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 · 2 months agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareAsinus@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months 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.