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-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.
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.