Oh yes indeed Piers! It comes from US sitcoms I fear - 'Friends' has a
lot to answer for ;-). I am happy to accept 'railroad' as part of
cultural diversity, but 'train station' ...
Chris
On 16 Feb 2004 , at 21:59, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> Fair dues Chris, your two examples are indeed, umm, shall we say 'very
> inelegant'?
>
> I still have to get my head round your explanation of precisely why
> that is
> so, but without doubt they are wrong 'uns!
>
> And since we are talking of trains, can I put in a plea for 'train
> station'
> to be excised from our usage, forthwith. Trains stop at a _railway
> [railroad]_ station, for heaven's sake.
>
> Piers
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