BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down120
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·1 year agoYes it does, why make it more complicated?
minus-squareTheMoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-squareGargleBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoIsn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 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-squarebreathless_RACEHORSE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNot if you’re coming from the other direction.
minus-squareanakin78z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDoesn’t matter, the driver is always the frame of reference
minus-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIf you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
minus-squarepoweruser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThank you for breaking my brain
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWe Germans are all about efficiency.
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.