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Originally Posted by kalee20
'Train station' - can't see the problem. Easier to say, and shorter on signposts, than 'railway station.'
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Originally Posted by M0FYA Andy
'Railway Station' has done the job for the best part of two centuries, there is simply no need to change it. But then the media seem to replace the word 'Railway' with 'Train' everywhere, even though the two words don't mean the same thing.
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Originally Posted by ms660
...it take less effort to say it, write it or type it on my keyboard than circuit diagram, which suits me fine, just like train station.  |
Andy does have a point. Quarter of a mile from me there is a railway, linking Lynton with Lynmouth. No trains run on it though (just a single car each way) so 'Railway station' is correct and 'train station' definitely wouldn't be.
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Originally Posted by Craig Sawyers
And don't ask for a napkin at a restaurant in the US, because you will be asking for a sanitary towel.
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Also, don't ask for a bag of chips to eat on the pavement, or you'll get a packet of crisps and be expected to eat them in the middle of the road.