snipped-for-privacy@aol.com spake thus:
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> What's the difference between a "railroad" and a "railway"?
The two terms are used interchangeably nowadays. In reading some history it appears that, as a result of failures and/or bankruptcies, the name was changed from one to the other to indicate the X Railroad is now the X Railway - thus, a new business entity.
The two words are indeed synonomous with each other. One is from the English and the other is from the American lexicon.
-- Why do penguins walk so far to get to their nesting grounds?
Because it is hard to get a Taxi at 3am in Antarctica
Do you mean a Taxi or a Cab :-)
A "cab" would be nice for getting out of the wind, but surely a complete vehicle would be preferable?
Greg.P.
I know a cab is the enclosed part or the front part of for example a truck, but isn't it common to say "I'll grab a cab" if you want to get a Taxi ?
Grtz Jan
yup, that's a common expression here is new yawk.
"nanner"
"Cab" is an abbreviation for " cabriolets" the replace for the previously used "Hackney Carriage" in London.
-- Cheers
Roger T.
Home of the Great Eastern Railway
Roger T. spake thus:
Aaah, those terms are so hackneyed!
[When I was a kid, our favorite place to eat was a place called Hackney's (in Chicagoland). Same name?]
Archaic English! Having my arm ripped of by a Mack truck holds no appeal for me!
Regards, Greg.P.
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