BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down120
arrow-up1139arrow-down1message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·2 years agoYes it does, why make it more complicated?
minus-squareTheMoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 years ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-squareGargleBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 years agoIsn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 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-squarebreathless_RACEHORSE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoNot if you’re coming from the other direction.
minus-squareanakin78z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoDoesn’t matter, the driver is always the frame of reference
minus-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIf you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
minus-squarepoweruser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThank you for breaking my brain
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoI see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.