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Re: Autoroute!=Towing, right?
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Tue, 10 Sep 2002 05:58:56 GMT
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In lugnet.db.brictionary, William R. Ward writes:
> Why "Tow"? What set it came in shouldn't have any impact on how you
> name it. I think "Hose Reel 2 x 4 x 2 Holder with Autoroute Pattern"
> seems quite appropriate.
My theory is that someone sometime thought the pattern looked like a tow
truck lifting mechanism? (and missed the highway connotation, remember there
were two entirely separate names).
While we are considering a change, I'd actually like to stump for autobahn
rather than autoroute. Although it's a German word, it's almost universally
understood to mean freeway (or interstate, or limited access dual
carriageway, or motorway, or autostrada, or whatever), no matter the
language. Thus it's potentially superior to autoroute, which I had never
heard of before, and I suspect most american speakers haven't.
I submit it's the most universal word for this concept the planet has. Even
if it isn't english.
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| (...) I disagree, outside of Central Europe the word is not much known; the French alternative is more common in the ROTW. Besides, the French word is much more recogniseable for speakers of other languages. "Bahn" is not at all clear outside of the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| (...) Why "Tow"? What set it came in shouldn't have any impact on how you name it. I think "Hose Reel 2 x 4 x 2 Holder with Autoroute Pattern" seems quite appropriate. --Bill. (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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