Languages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 140 points – 11 months ago53Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent comment"U-turn" isn't more complicated, it's describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turnIsn'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.∩-turnIf 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 referenceThank you for breaking my brain
"U-turn" isn't more complicated, it's describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turnIsn'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.∩-turnIf 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 referenceThank you for breaking my brain
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.∩-turnIf 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 referenceThank you for breaking my brain
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
"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