BarqsHasBite to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year 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 • 1 year agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareTheMooselinkfedilink-3•edit-21 year agoWhy is kehrtwende the real name? Doesn’t it basically just mean “turn around”?
minus-squareTheMooselinkfedilink3•1 year ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-square@Ddhuudlink6•1 year 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•1 year agoIf you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpenlinkfedilink1•1 year 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
If you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
Not if you’re coming from the other direction.
Doesn’t matter, the driver is always the frame of reference
Thank you for breaking my brain
I see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
We Germans are all about efficiency.