Asinus@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 hours 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-square19fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down122
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 · 7 hours agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareAsinus@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·6 hours agoBecause it’s a (barely) established abbreviation for exactly those directions.
minus-squarebanana@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 hours agoI think it would limit accessibility for people with limited knowledge about that, while you’d want to make the train as accessible as possible
minus-squareZagam@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 hours ago“you are absolutely right.” *you are absolutely starboard. Fify
minus-squareAsinus@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·6 hours agoIf you want to include logic in the matter, then yes; you are absolutely right. But i do like nautical terms.
minus-squareReanuKeeves@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoHow do you define abbreviation?
minus-squareAsinus@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·6 hours agoMaybe its the wrong english word but portside is shorter than “left in the direction of travel”. Even more in my language.
minus-squareReanuKeeves@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 hours agoI don’t doubt they exist but I’ve never heard a train announcement use the “in the direction of travel” part. The ones I’ve been on either say left/right or even not say a direction but simply open the doors with lights flashing above it
Why?
Because it’s a (barely) established abbreviation for exactly those directions.
I think it would limit accessibility for people with limited knowledge about that, while you’d want to make the train as accessible as possible
“you are absolutely right.”
*you are absolutely starboard.
Fify
If you want to include logic in the matter, then yes; you are absolutely right.
But i do like nautical terms.
Fair haha
How do you define abbreviation?
Maybe its the wrong english word but portside is shorter than “left in the direction of travel”.
Even more in my language.
I don’t doubt they exist but I’ve never heard a train announcement use the “in the direction of travel” part. The ones I’ve been on either say left/right or even not say a direction but simply open the doors with lights flashing above it