BarqsHasBite to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 2 years agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-square53fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down120
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareTheMooselinkfedilink-3•edit-22 years agoWhy is kehrtwende the real name? Doesn’t it basically just mean “turn around”?
minus-squareTheMooselinkfedilink3•2 years ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-square@Ddhuudlink6•2 years agoIt could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoIf you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpenlinkfedilink1•2 years agoI see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
Why is kehrtwende the real name? Doesn’t it basically just mean “turn around”?
Yes it does, why make it more complicated?
“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
Isn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
It could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
∩-turn
Not if you’re coming from the other direction.
Doesn’t matter, the driver is always the frame of reference
If you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
Thank you for breaking my brain
I see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
We Germans are all about efficiency.