BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down17
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareTheMoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoWhy is kehrtwende the real name? Doesn’t it basically just mean “turn around”?
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoYes it does, why make it more complicated?
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
minus-squareTheMoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-squareGargleBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIsn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIt could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
Why is kehrtwende the real name? Doesn’t it basically just mean “turn around”?
Yes it does, why make it more complicated?
I see you’re not very familiar with German culture.
“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.