Piers:
If you want a fast bus take the 1.2! Its a normal ride.
Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:56 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OT language stuff again - was Re: Re: Film media article
>
> 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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