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Re: Autoroute!=Towing, right?
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lugnet.db.brictionary
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Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:45:36 GMT
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In lugnet.db.brictionary, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.db.brictionary, William R. Ward writes:
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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.
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> I submit it's the most universal word for this concept the planet has. Even
> if it isn't english.
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 German speaking
nations, it's too "unsimilar" to any other word with the same meaning. OTOH,
"route" has roughly the same meaning both in French and English, apart from
being easily understood in other languages.
Pedro
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| (...) I think that most Americans would know immediately what "autobahn" means. But I can't speak for people anywhere else. In the US, the autobahns are infamous for their lack of a speed limit. That makes most American drivers very jealous. (Of (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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