Hey, Piers, how did I get dragged into this? Please don't confuse
me with Roger. Roger wouldn't like that, because Roger doesn't
like me. :-) (Just kidding, Roger. I know you really, really
do, down deep, think I'm kinda cool. Don't you? Don't you
really?)
Anyway, since I'm here now, wouldn't it be "Planeport" instead
of "Airport"? Or should we just keep calling it the "Really
aggravating place full of annoying and annoyed people, some of
whom want to screw up your film"?
Walt
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A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing
than he needs. -- Mark Twain (defining the cause of Zuikoholism a
century ago)
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:56:48 -0000
>
>No no Walt, it's a fair question. I don't object, because that
>is what they are - places where buses stop (see, I don't even
>insist on "'buses" with an apostrophe).
>
>The reason, I think, is that trains need a railway/road to get to
>their station - the railway/road came first. Buses, on the other
>hand, just use the roads, and indeed came before there were
>enough of them to need a station.
>
>Hence the usage *is* different.
>
>Now, what I need to know is this ... which buses can I catch at
the F-stop?
>
>Piers
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf
>Of Winsor Crosby
>Sent: 18 February 2004 18:32
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: OT language stuff again - was Re: Re: Film
media article
>
>
>
>On Feb 18, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Roger Wesson wrote:
>
>>And... if train station is an abomination, do you also object
>>to 'bus station'?
>
>You sly devil.
>
>Winsor
>Long Beach, California
>USA
>
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