BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down119
arrow-up1133arrow-down1message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·11 months agoYes it does, why make it more complicated?
minus-squareTheMoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-squareGargleBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 months agoIsn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months 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-up1·11 months agoNot if you’re coming from the other direction.
minus-squareanakin78z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoDoesn’t matter, the driver is always the frame of reference
minus-squarepoweruser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThank you for breaking my brain
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoI see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months 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
Thank you for breaking my brain
I see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
We Germans are all about efficiency.